Hi All,
My hanger looks very sad since I sold all my Stinson 108 stuff.......)-;
Looking in buying a Maule in the next few month..........................(-;
There is one, I'm looking in, which is for a few years for sell ......
which is making me a little nervous to approach.
Did everybody looked over this Maule in the past.....?
And when, what was you impression ?
I know that it got ground looped in the past and rebuild by Maule.
1996 N31875 TT 375 SMOH 25 SPOH 25
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I bought mine 10 years ago, had 300 some odd hrs and was 6 years old, some people just don't fly much, and with those kind of hours would probably have been much cheaper to rent!! Been a great little airplane If maule did the repair, probably been done right? Sounds to me like maybe the guy scared himself and never got over it?
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Have you asked the Seller?
Has the aircraft been properly stored and cared for? If it has, whats the problem? I would much rather have fewer hours then more hours TT on any aircraft I was buying.
As for it being For Sale for a while, the economy took a nosedive after the last election which knocked the legs out from under the aircraft market and maybe the Seller is in a position where he does not have to give it away.
Has the aircraft been properly stored and cared for? If it has, whats the problem? I would much rather have fewer hours then more hours TT on any aircraft I was buying.
As for it being For Sale for a while, the economy took a nosedive after the last election which knocked the legs out from under the aircraft market and maybe the Seller is in a position where he does not have to give it away.
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After you go over the aircraft with a fine tooth comb youself, if you're serious about it, I'd recommend that you pay an A&P with Maule experience to go over it like an annual. I was fortunate enough that I bought my MX-7-180 in Augusta, GA not too far from Maule Flight. I had the airplane flown down there and they went over it before I purchased it. Mine is a 1986 and had around 1242 hours TT when I bought it in 1998. I have some friends that bought a 1985 M-5-180 that only had about 300 hours on it. I think the prior owner had passed away and it was being sold by his wife, who didn't know anything about it, but I got the impression that he wasn't able to fly it for medical reasons.
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