I'm considering selling my 1946 7AC Champ (65 horse). It's been stored in my shop at home with the wings and tail feathers off since I put my L16 together. As I only have one hangar and can only fly one plane at a time I guess something has to give. It was flying fine when I filed it away about a year ago. The airframe logs go back to the factory and even have the original bill of sale. The engine log starts when the engine was rebuilt in 1999 has around 300 hours since but I've replaced a couple of cylinders in that time. Right now I have the engine pickled but can be ran, compression checked, etc. Four new lift struts and links in 2001, new Slick mags, Oleo gear was overhauled by Safe Air. I want to sell the plane 'as is' with the wings and tail feathers off (you haul it away) but prefer the prospective buyer bring his mechanic along to do the inspection in my shop. I have everything needed, timing, compression tester and a scope to look into the wings as necessary. The fabric is Superflite 2 installed in about 2000 with the exception of the wings which were covered with Blue river 7700 process in about 1990. If I kept the plane I was going to recover the wings as they were done before I bought the plane in the late 1990's although they still Maule test fine as far as I know. If you're interested I can fill you in on the details.
This has been my 'baby' since I sold my Cherokee. Even flew it to Oshkosh but at this point it's just taking up space and probably needs a new home and hopefully someone who likes it as much as I did. Price is $18,500 firm. Drop me a PM if interested. Forgot to mention: skis don't go with it.
Mike Berg
). The A65 will run all day on 4 1/2 gallons per hour. I think the 85's are somewhere around 5 or so. I don't have alot of time on the L16/0200 but I'm sure it's on the plus side of 6. I need to take a couple of longer trips to find out the fuel burn for sure. Leaning seems to make a big difference. As noted in my post above, I replaced a couple of cylinders on the A65 in the past ten years but it had nothing to do with the basic engine itself. We had one A65 on the field that went about 1850 hours before overhaul. I think in that time one cylinder was pulled for a leaking valve and that plane spent a lot of time going up and down and up and down.