LS-3a

[a[_5_]]

Hello ,

I would like to buy à LS-3a.
I found one very cheap (10k$) but with 6900 hours.

What should i know about the maintenance program of this glider ?

thx a lot for your help.

gpsa

[zulu]

On Jan 31, 4:11*pm, a > wrote:
> Hello ,
>
> I would like to buy à LS-3a.
> I found one very cheap (10k$) but with 6900 hours.
>
> What should i know about the maintenance program of this glider ?
>
> thx a lot for your help.
>
> gpsa

Ten thousand bucks and 7000 hours of airframe time? Caveat Emptor
dude, Caveat Emptor. Put another way, you get what you pay for.

[JJ Sinclair[_2_]]

On Jan 31, 3:11*pm, a > wrote:
> Hello ,
>
> I would like to buy à LS-3a.
> I found one very cheap (10k$) but with 6900 hours.
>
> What should i know about the maintenance program of this glider ?
>
> thx a lot for your help.
>
> gpsa

The total hours alone don't mean much, but the condition and storage
history do. For that price I would expect it needs a refinish and has
a cracked canopy. Also check for damage history which is OK if it was
properly repaired in a certified repair shop and signed off in the log
book if experimental licence or FAA form 337 if licenced in standard
category. A refinish will cost you a good 15K + another 5K to replace
a canopy. You may end up with a 30K investment for a glider that you
could have bought for say, 28K? But, if you have the time, skills,
tools, shop and materials to do the refinish
yourself......................go for it!
JJ

[a[_5_]]

Le 01/02/2011 14:35, JJ Sinclair said :

The total hours alone don't mean much, but the condition and storage
> history do. For that price I would expect it needs a refinish and has
> a cracked canopy. Also check for damage history which is OK if it was
> properly repaired in a certified repair shop and signed off in the log
> book if experimental licence or FAA form 337 if licenced in standard
> category. A refinish will cost you a good 15K + another 5K to replace
> a canopy. You may end up with a 30K investment for a glider that you
> could have bought for say, 28K? But, if you have the time, skills,
> tools, shop and materials to do the refinish
> yourself......................go for it!
> JJ


Here is the deal : http://bit.ly/i5nYCU

[Steve Thompson[_2_]]

Cheap LS3a with 6900 hours if in Europe I think is due to the airframe life
being 7000 hrs until a recent TN from DG Flugzeugbau, which states" The
max. service time is increased to 12000 hours. The amended maintenance
pages for the variants LS3, LS3-a, LS3-17 are enclosed in the maintenance
manual revision see 1." This may not concern you on Experimental. See TM
3053 at http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/Data/TM-LS/LS3/



At 21:06 01 February 2011, a wrote:
>Le 01/02/2011 14:35, JJ Sinclair said :
>
> The total hours alone don't mean much, but the condition and storage
>> history do. For that price I would expect it needs a refinish and has
>> a cracked canopy. Also check for damage history which is OK if it was
>> properly repaired in a certified repair shop and signed off in the log
>> book if experimental licence or FAA form 337 if licenced in standard
>> category. A refinish will cost you a good 15K + another 5K to replace
>> a canopy. You may end up with a 30K investment for a glider that you
>> could have bought for say, 28K? But, if you have the time, skills,
>> tools, shop and materials to do the refinish
>> yourself......................go for it!
>> JJ
>
>
>Here is the deal : http://bit.ly/i5nYCU
>
>
>

[a[_5_]]

Thank you for the link .





01/02/2011 23:12, Steve Thompson wrote :

> Cheap LS3a with 6900 hours if in Europe I think is due to the airframe life
> being 7000 hrs until a recent TN from DG Flugzeugbau, which states" The
> max. service time is increased to 12000 hours. The amended maintenance
> pages for the variants LS3, LS3-a, LS3-17 are enclosed in the maintenance
> manual revision see 1." This may not concern you on Experimental. See TM
> 3053 at http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/Data/TM-LS/LS3/
>
>
>