Yes Jeremy, and I'd seriously consider selling at this point. 1994 MX7-180A, Long McCauley FP 1A200 Prop on Field Approval, Custom 4 into 2 x-over Exhaust on Field Approval, LW Batt, LW Starter, Approx 500 TSOH Eng by Alaska Acft Engines, Inc, Approx 1500 TTSN on Engine had to be rebuilt due to Calendar Time on 135 Ops, Approx 1500 TTAF, with or without Aqua 2200's, Staight Ski's, with or without 31" AK Bushwheels, with or without original Sensenich 76" cruz prop,Set of wingtip tanks pumps, etc not installed, 1st year of long winged MX7... Single Nav/Comm, Mode C Xponder, Light, more legal useful then 235's, super, well balanced, performer!! Part 135 maintained, most SB's complied with, all AD's complied with and terminated... Price negotiable depending upon equipment wanted!! Will do most anything supercub will do that I'd want to do anymore, and lots more room. I think Jeremy had maybe 5 MPH on me with constant speed, and I had 31" tires with lots of drag? And will definitely out climb the stock length CS with much shorter TO Roll! Not sure of exact times as logs in AK with acft, I'm currently in Tucson till 1st part of June?

aero101 wrote:Yes Jeremy, and I'd seriously consider selling at this point. 1994 MX7-180A, Long McCauley FP 1A200 Prop on Field Approval, Custom 4 into 2 x-over Exhaust on Field Approval, LW Batt, LW Starter, Approx 500 TSOH Eng by Alaska Acft Engines, Inc, Approx 1500 TTSN on Engine had to be rebuilt due to Calendar Time on 135 Ops, Approx 1500 TTAF, with or without Aqua 2200's, Staight Ski's, with or without 31" AK Bushwheels, with or without original Sensenich 76" cruz prop,Set of wingtip tanks pumps, etc not installed, 1st year of long winged MX7... Single Nav/Comm, Mode C Xponder, Light, more legal useful then 235's, super, well balanced, performer!! Part 135 maintained, most SB's complied with, all AD's complied with and terminated... Price negotiable depending upon equipment wanted!! Will do most anything supercub will do that I'd want to do anymore, and lots more room. I think Jeremy had maybe 5 MPH on me with constant speed, and I had 31" tires with lots of drag? And will definitely out climb the stock length CS with much shorter TO Roll! Not sure of exact times as logs in AK with acft, I'm currently in Tucson till 1st part of June?

How much would you sell it for you think?

Complete with all listed I'd seriously consider $65K... Without floats, tires, aux tanks, ski's, I'd have to seriously consider any serious offer around $55K...

This says 1993 was the first year with the long wing. The one I'm looking at is a 1993, but if it's got the short wing, I'm probably no longer interested in it.
http://www.maules.com/chronology.html

Jeremy usually gets it right, but thought I've seen some '93 short wings as well? Maybe earlier model carry overs, or I could be wrong, my old memory fails me more often as I get older!!

AirFleet Capital gave me a finance and interest rate quote on a 20 year loan of 5.05%
I also got an insurance quote for $1437 per year. And that's having less than 100 total hours and under 10 hours of tailwheel time.
Are both of those pretty reasonable figures?

% rate seems in line with what I've seen lately.
That's a pretty good insurance quote with the times you've described.
.02........
Between those two A/C,
aero101's is the plane. Purchasing a fully sorted and optioned aircraft from a reputable industry specialist is the way to go.
Extra special bonus points: His personal aircraft.
Personally I'm batting .333.
One like aero's and two aircraft like the other contender.
The pain, frustration, and finances required to sort the other two aircraft SUCKED.
With your flight times I'm betting you'd rather be flying instead of fixing. Chaz

Shoot.
Work in a ferry flight and familiarization flight home.
Paid new aircraft adventure with a high time Maule Driver, for the Win!

Chaz

Aero101, you got any pictures?

Things I like about this other plane are it's close-by in Houston, the exterior was redone in 2003, Patroller doors are a plus, and the panel even with it being a goofy layout.

But then with Aero's plane, I like the skis, longer prop, and the fact that it's his personal plane are all good perks too.

Stinger- Sent you a PM, I do have a few pics which I'll send, pls see PM... The airplane you're looking at cleaner with newer fabric / paint vs my original which I'd score as about a 7 of 10. Lots more avionics (added Wt).. Interior of mine in above average condition, but needs glare shield recover as original carpeting not very good anymore.. Now advantages of mine are the longer McCauley Prop which makes a huge difference on wheels and floats, the field approved exhaust 4 into 2 x-over increased performance, NO CRACKING in about 400-500 hrs, which is huge problem on original system in 180 HP.. ABW's if you're gonna do any off airport stuff at all and increased AOA is good for the Maule performance as well... LW stuff which not cheap to buy and most people do over course of owning. Aeroski's, if in Montana you'll get much enjoyment from. Winter Covers all in good condition as well as preheat built in. Floats, if near any large bodies of water, open whole new adventure in flying. Acft has flown near 100hrs per year since engine overhaul, overhaul done by one of premier Alaska Eng builders, compressions last annual all 78-80 over 80 all cylinders. Has run Camguard since broken in.. So depends upon your priorities, there is NO DAMAGE history on mine, TTAF lower (about half), cosmetically the other looks nicer, but not much done to help reliability issues, more avionics but no ADS-B so what's that really get, except looks nice? Personally, for basically same $$, you are getting considerably more with mine, but again depends upon your priorities, which could be totally different then mine? It might be worth a trip up to Fairbanks to have a looksee and fly next month, we'd be more than happy to take you out on floats before deciding? I'm sure you could find someone to fly it back down to mainland with you, and you'd probably enjoy that experience?

Well I waited too long....called about the Houston plane on Friday, the owner said there had been some interest, but nothing solid and no money yet. Called again this morning with the intention of placing a deposit and scheduling a pre-buy and he was literally in the middle of writing up a contract for someone that said they'd buy it that lived in the Houston area.
Back to looking for me and I'll keep thinking of Aero101's MX7.

Stinger
Would you mind sharing the name of the insurance company that gave you that great quote?
Thanks
David

multimauler wrote:Stinger
Would you mind sharing the name of the insurance company that gave you that great quote?
Thanks
David

Mountain Air Insurance in Hamilton, MT.
Someone here mentioned them a couple years ago. Rick also recommended them to me.
I don't think they're licensed in Texas, but definitely check with them.

That insurance quote is great. Last October when I bought my '98 MX7-180C I had 130 hours total, had JUST recieved my tail wheel endorsement from the Maule factory (so only had about 15 hours tailwheel). My insurance cost me $3,400 and they wanted me to have 10 more hours tailwheel before I could fly it alone. I'm now trying to get as many tailwheel hours as possible this year and see if it comes down this fall when I get it renewed.

My insurance is around that number, too. The things that really drive up the premium are less than 500 hours in make/model and high insured hull value. My company gave me a break at 500 hours in make/model with no claims. I saw another smaller decrease when I got to 1000 hours in make/model with no claims. I have AIG through a broker in Franklin TN whose agent used to be a Maule owner on this forum. I have mine insured for the full hull value, but some people don't do that to get the premium down. That would work if you have the money to buy another one by supplementing the insurance claim with your own funds.