Ron: For Los Alomos I think 2900 to 3000 rpm may have been a bit much to expect because of its altitude even when leaned to max poweer but for sure 2300 rpm was bad news. I had an engine failure in a 150 Hp Cardinal Easter Sunday '71 flying back to Orange County(SNA) from Pescott AZ(PRC?). When I did my full-power run-up before I left I leaned to max power and got 2550 to 2600 rpm so that bird was very sick you were looking at. The Failure I had was in the left rear piston around the wrist-pin but even then I had 1300 rpm at full throttle @ touch-down with the planes "Barn Doors" fully deployed. The craft had 1150 hrs TT A&E.
Sounds to me like some one looking for a sucker. Good Choice. Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron Smith wrote: > I was ready to buy a Cessna 175 from a guy in Los Alamos N.M. At the > insistance of my flight instructor (to whom I am greatly indebted), I had a > prebuy done. Although the gentleman thought his airplane was "fine", there > were 4 bad cylinders, (in the 30's compression), static run up was only 2300, > when it should have been 2900 to 3000. According to the A&P there was alot of > metal found in the crank case. He said that he would not allow that plane to > fly AT ALL. > > Lesson learned. Always get an independent mechanic to look at any aircraft > you are planning to purchase. No matter how straightforward the seller is!!! > > The plan is now to get my ticket in the newer 172's at the school here in > Buckeye AZ. > > I did some crosswind landings with 12 knot winds this morning. I have 27 > hours now, and about 105 landings. > > I should have a hanger this month to start contruction back up on the KR. > > Sorry to hear about John. I talked with him a couple of times by email. He > lived not far from me when I was still in cali. Just a reminder to us all to > remain vigilant. > > Ron Smith > Kr2ssxl > Cypress Ca U.S.A. > mercedesm...@yahoo.com > http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
