Dennis, often the company contracted to remove the wreckage will have the
bidding advantage as the fees will have a huge sway. I know someone who
bought a Bell 206-L3 for $12K and the engine alone sold for $75K (was a roll
over and recertification cost a couple grand) but they had an artificialy
high advantage due to having done the removing of the wreckage. Here we have
a salvage company that gets these removal jobs by default because they are
so often used and know all the right people. He usually has as many as five
R-22s on hand and rarely any useable items survive but the engines. The
engines with accessories are a premium and are really the only remaining
value other than those instruments that don't suffer shock damage. The main
rotor shaft towers are always broken at the base and the tailrotor gearboxes
while looking ok probably won't pass a dial indicater runout check. I say
forget any wreck R-22 stuff. However if you find out who the underwriters
are and don't have to compete with the salvage operator it would be easy to
place a winning bid because salvage companys buy low sell high.

just an opinion mindya
Jim

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...
Stan Gosnell wrote:

The insurance company is probably who will end up with it, but you need
to
be very careful about the parts. Using dynamic parts after a crash is
mostly a no-no, and the insurance company is going to be very careful
about
their liability in that area. There aren't many parts that can be
reused
without an inspection from an authorized repair facility, if then.

So how can I find out the name of the insurance company? Does the
NTSB keep those records?

I don't think that the crash was all that bad. It occurred at about
100 feet when a glider tow pilot crashed into the back of it during an
autorotation. Both people in the R22 crawled out of the wreckage with
only minor bruises. The kid in the glider that the tow pilot was
pulling managed to land safely. He was the only one that didn't wreck
his plane. The tow pilot suffered severe injuries and was taken to a
local hospital in another helicopter.

As such, I think there are a bunch of parts that are usable. I just
don't know how to buy the wreckage.


Dennis Hawkins
n4mwd AT amsat DOT org (humans know what to do)

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