Airframe Warranty & Parts

[Ron DeCandia]

Has anyone had a bad experience when making a Warranty request on the Airframe ?

Has anyone seen long lead times on the delivery of Airframe parts when needing repairs ?

Thanks,

Ron DeCandia, Dir of Ops & Training AV-ED Flight School, Leesburg, VA. (JYO)

[Ben Fitzgerald-O'Connor]

Hi Ron - US Sport Aircraft in the USA will be holding more common parts, but if you need anything specific for an airframe then this may come direct from the CSA factory - we look after the UK and one of our clients recently had an unfortunate close encounter with a hedge (no one hurt, wet day, error that any of us could have made as a pilot etc.)... however the factory were helpful and dispatched within a week replacement parts for the damaged flaps and leading edges etc. To the USA this would have a little more transit time I expect but airmail can be pretty quick (we had a replacement Dynon unit fro m the USA in about two days - great service from those guys)..

 

So I would not worry too much about the availability of spares (and note that a good amount of what is in a SportCruiser can also come from the likes of Aircraft Spruce - eg Matco brakes etc. The construction of the aircraft is very robust and easy for an engineer to work on (all logical under the cowl etc.).

 

If you are considering the aircraft for training use? if so you may wish to call one of the many other FTO's with them in daily use and see how they have been going... generally all good news. Don at US Sport and ourselves have good conttacts at the factory if anything needs chasing.

 

Regards

Ben

[Ron DeCandia]

Thank you Ben,

We anticipate delivery within a few weeks. The aircraft owner will put the aircraft into our fleet on leaseback for training & rental use. See AV-ED Flight School at www.av-ed.com

[Carlos Romero]

Hi Ben,

This is good news,  to know that spare parts will continue being easily to get.

I´m looking to get the Sport Cruiser for a Flight School too. Would you be able to share some information regarding on yours / and other flight schools with daily use?