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Richard Pike
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Location: Blountville, Tennessee
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 Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:31 pm Post subject: Firestar project for sale, $2000 |
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Looked at a wrecked Firestar today, it was built in 1987, 5 rib wing. 300 hours more or less, airframe and engine. Rotax 447, single ignition, wood prop in good condition.
Hit hard on the nose and mains, sheared the rivits that hold the top of the gear ring to the main tube and the gear ring detached from the tube & folded back. The longeron tubes at the lift strut attachment point are all crumpled, the gear legs look able to be straightened, and the gear sleeve tubes do not appear to be bent. All it basically needs is a new cage to built. Called Travis, Kolb will make you one for $3500. If I didn't already have a Kolb, I would jump on this, and make a new cage myself, using the old one for a template & parts. It might be possible to use part of the present cage, specifically the top tube with the motor mounts and the rear verticals. In any event, I think there is enough of the present cage left to straighten out and use as a template to build a new one, assuming you are good with gas welding.
Wings, boom tube and tail assy. appear to be undamaged. The lift strut tang under the left wing is bent, that is why the wings have anhedral. There are some wrinkles in the fabric on the underside of the left elevator, but they do not appear related to the crash.
Has a BRS parachute, the aluminum case is squashed, but the chute appears undamaged. A good candidate to transfer into a soft bag for a hand toss chute, would count towards getting the weight into legal U/L range.
It has brakes and some instruments, functionality unknown.
Cosmetics of the paint on the wings, boom and tail is excellent. Aircraft is located 5 miles South of Abingdon, VA.
If interested, email bpbuchanan(at)centurylink.net or call 276 -628 -3604
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
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Richard Pike
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Blountville, Tennessee
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Firestar project for sale, $2000 |
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Since it never sold and the price came down a bit, went ahead and bought this today. I guess I needed a project, and building a Firestar cage from scratch would certainly qualify....
The goal is make it Part 103 legal. Might try and swap out the 447 for a good 277, or one of the new Paramotors, and get that weight down. Who knows? Ought to be fun.
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