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| Subject: | Yak 55 Hen's Teeth. |
--> Aerobatic-List message posted by: "Ben Marsh" <ben@designselect.net>
Greetings, Salutations, Hello!
This is a message for a special group of folks with broken Yak
55s from a guy with a broken Yak 55. There are only a few of us. In the
context of this discussion, the term "broken" refers to those unfortunate
enough to have a '55 with the landing gear ripped out of the fuselage. This
is broken, no?
A month or so ago, I acquired a '55M that suffered an engine
failure, coming to grief in a field where substantial damage was done to the
front end of the fuselage, when the landing gear struts were torn out. The
damage to my wreck includes the firewall, the gear box, the lower stringers,
several formers and a couple other machined trinkets that provide structural
integrity to the landing gear assembly. It was a bad day at the ranch. To
make matters worse, these parts are not available for sale. This is why my
wreck sat in a hanger for ten years before I got the bright idea to stand up
and restore it. I am taking up the challenge of having these key parts C &
C machined. If this sounds expensive, that's because it is expensive!
However, doing so is the only way my airplane will fly again.
The truth of the matter is that I am not the only 55 guy in the
world with this problem. As well, without these parts, 55s and perhaps 54s
that suffer the aforementioned "bad day at the ranch" are just about
worthless junk. For those of us that would like to breath life back into an
otherwise good airplane, I am here to help. Within six weeks, I will be
able to supply most of the key machined parts that will be damaged in such a
crash, certainly in the model 55 and perhaps in the '54.
Thus, if any of you good people know of anyone else that might
have a need for these parts, please let me know. My intent is not to soak
anyone. Indeed, I would be happy to simply reduce my R & D costs. And, if
a couple more 55s come back to like, that would be an outstanding result!
Regards,
Ben Marsh
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