Another New Maule Pilot

fly2all · Post by **fly2all** » Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:40 pm

Just bought my first plane. An Mx7-180A. Flew it back to the east coast from Boise ID with help from member StuporRocket (Scott Oglesby). Stopped in Oshkosh for a few days. Great, fun trip!! Back in the saddle after 10 years!
Thanks to all the members on this site for sharing their knowledge. I'm sure I'll need more advice soon.

Stinger · Post by **Stinger** » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:14 pm

fly2all wrote:Just bought my first plane. An Mx7-180A. Flew it back to the east coast from Boise ID with help from member StuporRocket (Scott Oglesby). Stopped in Oshkosh for a few days. Great, fun trip!! Back in the saddle after 10 years!
Thanks to all the members on this site for sharing their knowledge. I'm sure I'll need more advice soon.

Congratulations! I've got the same model and really enjoy it.
Have fun!

AndrewK · Post by **AndrewK** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:18 pm

That sounds like an awesome way to bring home an airplane. Enjoy!

Gary Raser · Post by **Gary Raser** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 4:33 pm

East Coast? I hope to see you around I am based at Morgantown Pa O03
Have fun and hopefully Iâ€™ll see you sometime
Gary

Rezrider · Post by **Rezrider** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:10 pm

Congrats and welcome.

bobguhr · Post by **bobguhr** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:26 pm

Good taste in airplanes, Congratulations! I'm based in Warwick,NY N72.
Not too far from you, stop in some time.
Bob

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 5:19 am

Welcome to the family. If your up for a road (air?) trip, we have our Maule and all fly-in the end of Sept at the factory.

Post by **andy** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:10 am

Welcome to Maule ownership and the Maule Forum. This is a great place to share Maule information and experiences. If you find yourself going to North Carolina, let us know. There are at least 4 NC Maule owners on the forum.

fly2all · Post by **fly2all** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:21 pm

Thanks for warm welcome.
I drove to last year's Maule fly-in and met Bob and others. I have a trip planned to the Smokey Mnts Sept. 20th-27th. I found out the Fly-in dates after planning the trip so am now trying to extend the vacation to detour south for the fly-in. Girlfriend needs to get back to work, so may buy her a commercial ticket home. I haven't told her that part yet

JerseyJim · Post by **JerseyJim** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 5:55 am

Congratulations on the plane. Bob and I flew from NJ together. I remember we all sat together at the fly-in dinner. We should try to get a Northeast get together.

fly2all · Post by **fly2all** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 3:37 pm

A NE get together sounds good. There was an attempt earlier in Lock Haven PA but the weather didn't cooperate.

drak130 · Post by **drak130** » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:55 pm

Been looking for a M7-235. Been eyeballing two listed in Trade-A-Plane. Unfortunately both are being offered by Texas Maule but what ever. The question is this: One is a 1985 with 630 TT airframe and engine. Had a prop strike at 500hrs. Based in Yuma AZ. The second is a 1989 with 2750TT and 1197 SFRM. Supposedly rebuilt by Maule in 1998. Based in FL.

Avionics are a wash as neither is ADS-B equipped.

So, Well used in a humid salt water environment or essentially brand new rarely flown in a desert environment.

Let me know what yâ€™all think.

Cheers
Tim

captnkirk · Post by **captnkirk** » Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:21 pm

pre-purchase inspection by a reliable mechanic will be your best bet.

MauleWacko · Post by **MauleWacko** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:20 am

fly2all · Post by **fly2all** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:12 pm

I flew down to look at the M7 in Homestead Fl & met a mechanic that performed an abbreviated pre-buy. I thought getting a new fuselage in 1998 would be like getting a newer aircraft. From what I could find out by talking with the owner & looking at the logs it went back on floats after the re-build. Found rust on vertical frame tubing just above rear inspection panel that may have pitted. The owner later sent a photo of the rust spot sanded down to show it did not have pin holes. I walked away because of what I was afraid was there that was not visible. Despite what others have said about Charlie at M.A.T., I found him easy to deal with.

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