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Post subject: Re: FS: L-39; 1983 Aero Vodochody L39  Posted: 07 Oct 2025, 08:02 |
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Username Protected wrote: did you do MX with Code1? I use Fighter Maintenance Contracting, Gadsden AL. Very knowledgeable shop, and they maintain dozens of these. Shane Phillips is a mechanic that I can call any day of the week and get questions answered. They are also a certified avionics repair station (pitot/static cert's) and a Garmin Dealer.
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Post subject: Re: FS: L-39; 1983 Aero Vodochody L39 Posted: 07 Oct 2025, 23:03 |
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Username Protected wrote: the engine was overhauled in 2017 at the Motorsich factory in Ukraine. It is an 850-hour OH, this one has somewhere around 320 hours on it (I fly it about 50 hrs per year, which seems to be the normal fleet usage). It is CRAZY clean inside the engine compartment and accessories.
there are versions of the OH that are good for 1,000 hrs, and I honestly don't know the difference. And since it's in the experimental world, I think you can run the engine past the published OH number as long as it's inspected during the annual condition inspection (and as long as the inspection doesn't reveal any problems). This should be covered in the airplane's Airworthiness Inspection Program (AIP).
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Post subject: Re: FS: L-39; 1983 Aero Vodochody L39 Posted: 08 Oct 2025, 07:15 |
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Username Protected wrote: the engine was overhauled in 2017 at the Motorsich factory in Ukraine. It is an 850-hour OH, this one has somewhere around 320 hours on it (I fly it about 50 hrs per year, which seems to be the normal fleet usage). It is CRAZY clean inside the engine compartment and accessories.
there are versions of the OH that are good for 1,000 hrs, and I honestly don't know the difference. And since it's in the experimental world, I think you can run the engine past the published OH number as long as it's inspected during the annual condition inspection (and as long as the inspection doesn't reveal any problems). This should be covered in the airplane's Airworthiness Inspection Program (AIP).
100% true, and pretty commonly done.
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Gorgeous L-39!!! 
