Thanks Miik, from this point forward I will refer to said business as GPASC. On Jun 22, 2016 4:40 PM, "Mike Stirewalt via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> "Re. Great planes. With all due respect Mark, and I mean that sincerely, > their has been the same man at the heart of Great Planes from the > beginning . . ." > > I've got about 900 hours on mine and trust it as much (or more) as I > would a Lycoming or Continental. I routinely fly at night and over wild > terrain. I expect it to give me some warning if some problem does seem > to be evolving - such as my voltmeter reading a little low recently. At > the very bottom of my list of concerns is a crank breaking. I re-did > the heads a couple hundred hours ago (just for fun, not because I needed > to) and the magneto needs servicing (it's 300+ hours beyond it's service > interval) but the prop hub seal does not leak nor does it have any other > leaks. It burns very, very little oil. It's never backfired. It > continues to be a great engine, put together by Steve himself. He ran it > at 2900 down low everywhere he went and I run it 3000 to 3200 up high, > everywhere I go. Where I normally fly it's producing about 50% - 55% > power at WOT so whether with Steve or with me this engine has led a > stress-free life, was put together well, and has been operated with > consistency - like an oil field or marine engine. Not like a hot rod. I > fully expect it to go another 900 hours without problems. It always > starts instantly and has only faltered once . . . thanks to Rimco > re-using old springs when they rebuilt the heads a long time before I > bought the plane from Steve. I have only good things to say about the > GP2180 with an Ellison. > > Having said that, if one is going to defend the reputation of GPASC, > please get the name spelled correctly :-). > > Mike > KSEE > > ____________________________________________________________ > Blazeray > Deemed: One Household Item Everyone Should Have In Any Emergency > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/576b0578723aa5782556st04vuc > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
