"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
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We are in the middle of our first annual for 43H and it seems to be taking
longer than I thought. I figured on about a week from beginning to end...
Wrong!! After it is said and done it looks like it is going to take around
a month. Ran into a couple unexpected items (sound familiar) that require
out of state help. First our exhaust system needs to be rebuilt so it was
sent to a place in Minnesota. This was back on April 18th and it still
isn't back yet. Next was the nosewheel truss and pivot mount. One piece
went out to Utah and the other to California. Heck my planes parts are
doing more traveling than I am!! :-)

I am expecting the exhaust on Monday and the the nosewheel pieces by the
end of next week or early the week after. So it could possible that this
annual takes a month.

Question do most first new owner annual's take a long time? How bout some
story's about your annual experiences?

Thanks!!

Jon Kraus
Planeless in Indianapolis


Jon,

Someone said to expect 20% of the purchase price to be spent on the first
annual. They were right. Unless you buy new, you can easily see that
number pop up. It's a crap shoot.

Some say you can avoid this with a good prebuy, but then again, you can
spend 10g on prebuys looking for the right plane.

If you buy new, it depreciates like a yellow banana for the first few years.

This is the cost of playing the game. It's worth it, and it won't always
happen. But if you are prepared, you can still enjoy it.