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n395v

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 450

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:55 pm Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

Any Seneca experts out there???????

I do not see many Seneca IVs for sale. What kind of price range should they be in. Anything especially bad about the IVs vs 3s or 5s?

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Milt

barry.collman(at)air-brit
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

Seneca? That's a Piper aircraft, ain't it? Nobody  would keep one of those long enough to get an "expert" tag, would  they 

  

  

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RnJThompson(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

Oh Barry,  

   

Yeah of little faith.  

Mr Pipers contribution to aviation is producing aeroplanes that the sole reason for the rudder pedals is for somewhere to rest your feet. (excluding the TAILDRAGGERS).  

Seneca 3,4 and 5s are fun little airplanes to fly. The early 1 + 2s are really on the gutless side. I think for Milt they would probably be a single seater (Ha Ha).  

Hey Milt are you going to the flyin?  

   

Cheers  

Richard  

   

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n395v

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 450

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

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		  are you going to the flyin? 

	




I had been planning on it but I crashed 2 weeks ago   and at the moment without a plane.



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Milt

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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

I have about 700 hrs on a Seneca 2 and loved every minute of it, though I cannot claim to be an expert.  It’s very forgiving and after the lame Seneca 1, it was a blast to fly. Then I had a ride in a III and was rather disappointed in its performance, perhaps because the 2 had two-blade props while the 3 had 3-blade props. I don’t know whether I was just prejudiced. Probably.  

The Seneca 1 is a disaster. Piper didn’t learn from the Apache.  

   

If I ever get into a position to buy a Commander again, I would opt for the Shrike with turbo-normalized engines, or an A with Colemills, mostly because of the experience I had with the Seneca.  

   

Nico  

   

   

   

         

  

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Oh Barry,  

   

Yeah of little faith.  

Mr Pipers contribution to aviation is producing aeroplanes that the sole reason for the rudder pedals is for somewhere to rest your feet. (excluding the TAILDRAGGERS).  

Seneca 3,4 and 5s are fun little airplanes to fly. The early 1 + 2s are really on the gutless side. I think for Milt they would probably be a single seater (Ha Ha).  

Hey Milt are you going to the flyin?  

   

Cheers  

Richard  

   

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bowing74(at)earthlink.net
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

No.

I've got nothing to go in but a Yukon.

What happened?  Did you wreck the new radial rocket?

bb



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dongirod

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 140

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

I had been planning on it but I crashed 2 weeks ago [Embarassed]  and at 

the

 moment without a plane.



You know Milt, Orvile & Wilber said, "Some days the air has NO lift".  It is 

my thoughts that on those days, one should only taxi.



Glad you are OK.



Don

nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:24 pm Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

Sorry to hear about that, Milt. Are you OK? What happened?



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n395v

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 450

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:06 am Post subject: Re: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

 	  nico(at)cybersuperstore.c wrote: 	
		  Sorry to hear about that, Milt. Are you OK? What happened?



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Engine lost most of its power didn't have enough to sustain flight.



Managed to plunk it down on a grass field. Tore up the landing gear, prop strike and supercharger sucked up a bunch of dirt and debris that toasted the engine. It was the Radial. Looks about 8-9 months of repair work and waiting on a new engine and prop.



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Milt

cloudcraft(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

Nice plunking, Milt.  You're still here to contribute to the email net!  That's the part I like.

 

 Wing Commander Gordon

 

   

 

   

 

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John Vormbaum

Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Posts: 273
Location: SF Bay Area, CA

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:50 am Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

Milt,



Glad you're OK! Sounds like you did a fine piece of flying to limit the 

damage to what you mention below.



/John

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tfisher(at)commandergroup
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject: Any Seneca experts in the crowd

I bought my first Commander so I would not have to fly the local flying 

club's Senecas.

Tom F.

C-GISS

680FLP (Mr.RPM)



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