No, $1,800 was what we spent on maintenance. Period. this year. Yes, we are on the parts plan which I advised against and we are getting off of it. But we did not / would not have spent any money, literally, on parts this year program or not. Like I said this year was an anomaly, but pretty amazing.

Over a six year inspection cycle what kind of savings per hour do you project by dropping Proparts?

Some days the stars align.

Rockin it. Love the tailwind. The highest ground speed I’ve had is 495 with a 150 tailwind. Was hoping to hit 500, but didn’t quite get there.

Couldn't you cheat and push the nose down a smidge. Just to get a photo?

I suppose I could have, but it was mid-flight and I wasn’t quite that obsessed with it.

That is pretty amazing, quite the efficient airplane.

Over a six year inspection cycle what kind of savings per hour do you project by dropping Proparts?

Mark, impressive numbers. I have a friend with a Mustang and it’s about the perfect plane for his mission of 1-3 people on trips from 500-1200 miles. I love it. One question for other owners, have you had issues with corrosion on the landing gear axles? He just went through a gear rebuild on all three due to corrosion and his ProParts didn’t cover any of it because it was corrosion. He was left with a hefty bill and while I understand it’s not a predictable failure, I fail to see how if it’s maintained by Textron how they could all three be affected at the same time. It’s kept in Chicago, minimal time in coastal operations, though it is 12 years old now.

This is probably the number one gotcha of any 510 / 525 product, you have to inspect the gear for corrosion as part of the prebuy. It's expensive to do and many buyers opt out or do their prebuy at a non-Textron facility and the corrosion gets missed. They don't find it often, but when they do it's expensive and as you pointed out, not covered by programs.

P.S. The same inspection needs to be done on all Citations, just focused on the 510 here, there's a lot of gotchas on the bigger airplanes.

Thanks Chip. Is this something that could/should be prevented with normal maintenance following Textron’s schedule? Just curious. I find the Mustang incredibly reasonable to operate, right up until that repair, that’s a tough pill to swallow.

80 degree crosswind gusting to 27knots on atis. Can do that but it was pretty much straight down 18. I do think it’s important to remain current across all aspects of the aircraft. I was solo..so no time like the present.

Yes I can take off. See diagram.


Had to catch a delta flight.

Back in three weeks...hopefully less

It’s the iPreFlight app from APG. They tailor the data to you aircraft. Don’t leave home without it.

hasn’t Textron just amended the inspection requirements? Thought I remember hearing about it in the recent CJP virtual convention.

Andrew

It’s the iPreFlight app from APG. They tailor the data to you aircraft. Don’t leave home without it.