Pete,
Great question, nobody knows what's going to happen 5 or 10 years down the
Road. The CJ's are still being built today, which means the chinese have to
support them, Doug Sapp is the Biggest Supplier of the CJ Parts, I have
parts that I've brought in for my Dads Aircraft and a few aircraft here on
the field. When the Chinese or Russians start offering Parts at a ridiculous
cost and nobody jumps on thier offer, eventually they're going to need to
wake up and start working with us as they have in the Past..
I personally don't think you're jumping into the CJ/Yak community or "
market " as you put it, too late, infact I think it's a really good time to
jump in and get the Plane that fits your needs. Again, I know Bob really
well, I know he keeps his plane in excellent Shape, as I mentioned earlier,
he has a Factory Overhauled Engine on it, the Engine will probably outlast
all of us as long as you take care of it. I hope this helps.
Best Regards
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Fowler" <pfdesign1@cox.net>
To: <yak-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:20 AM
Subject: The future of Nanchangs?
>
> Over the last couple of months, as I get closer to buying a Nanchang, I
> started to get the uncomfortable feeling that I'm coming in to the
> "market" too late and the Housai, (and even MP14) motors are going to
> become either unavailable or so expensive in, say, 5-10 years (the period
> of most use of my plane) that at the end, the plane will be worth 0
> because of the unavailability or astronomical expense of replacement
> motors for my use or the next owner.
>
> Now, with the MP14, I see that an infrastructure is going to be there to
> rebuild motors (at a high cost). The Housai appears to have no such
> future.
>
> What is the list's thinking on this subject? I want to think well down the
> road before I purchase my Nanchang.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=273151#273151
>
>
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