Hangar Flying => Hangar Flying => Topic started by: redman on July 11, 2010, 03:01:52 PM
Title: what to look for when buying an ez
Post by: redman on July 11, 2010, 03:01:52 PM
Any suggestions I should ask about an ez when purchasing would be very helpful. Thanks
Title: Re: what to look for when buying an ez
Post by: A. Bruce Hughes on July 14, 2010, 05:43:12 PM
Yes, get an EXPERT to look at it! Where do you live?
Bruce Hughes
Title: Re: what to look for when buying an ez
Post by: redman on July 15, 2010, 06:58:20 PM
I live in Riverside CA
Title: Re: what to look for when buying an ez
Post by: A. Bruce Hughes on July 16, 2010, 08:45:36 AM
Contact Bill Oertel. He stays pretty busy but maybe you will get lucky. He makes a living repairing canard airplanes and is EXPERT. You NEED him. Paying him for advice will save you money and headaches in the end. 909-738-8300 He is in Chino.
Also David Orr keeps lists on canards for sale. He charges 3% as a finder's fee if you use his information.
Be VERY careful in buying homebuilt airplanes. There are a LOT of mistakes that can be made. Some mistakes are quite dangerous. I made a mistake on making my rudder/brake cables and would have lost one rudder (either side) if I had applied the brakes VERY hard. I did that when I saw sitting still so I found out the easy way. Those are now fixed but how do you know when you buy a plane that someone else built?