Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

[hisoos]

This looks to be everything I am looking for in a plane, and I wouldn't have to change the Tattoo on my back to Cessna or Stinson!

http://www.barnstormers.com/listing.php?id=601221

[M Towsley]

Re: Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

'Rare' to me equals hard to find parts for and to maintain.

[hisoos]

Re: Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

'Rare' to me equals hard to find parts for and to maintain.

Don't think that wasn't the first thing that came to mind, but what I wouldn't give for a 4 place T-craft with some 1950's technology and power. ;-)

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

Not as hard to maintain as you would think. Remember the factory that built them wasn't exactly "Hi-Tech". The fiberglass fuselage shell could cause problems, but even that is "garage mechanic" stuff now. There is enough commonality to the other Taylorcrafts to be useful and the rest is pretty much "homebuilt" technology. Your hard task will be finding a nice one.

Hank

[Ray36048]

Re: Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

This add has been posted and re-posted for some time in Barnstormers.

[lawheelock]

Re: Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

Hank,
Not to be picky, but the model 15 was fabric covered and had the C-145 engine.
The model 20 was the one with fiberglass clam shells both on fuselage and wings and had an O-470 with constant speed prop.
I looked at one a few years ago that was all apart. The owner had passed and his son was selling it. The owner had taken the wings off and moved it to his in-town shop ad ruined the fiberglass shells by putting paint stripper on them! Ugh!.It only had about 500 hrs on it. The guy wanted 10K for it and I was tempted but I asked if it could be shown at Oshkosh and at that time was told NO-Way! because it was built in 1955. At the time, there was still a person or two at Lock Haven with Taylorcraft and he told me that only 20 or 25 model 20s were ever built. There was a picture of one somewhere that had crashed in the woods in PA or somewhere and it was really clobbered, but the occupant(s) survived! It was rugged! Now, several years later, even my 1965 M20C can qualify as a show plane, "contemporary".
Larry Wheelock, BC12D, Stinson 108, Mooney M20C, Aeronca 65CA(basket case)

Not as hard to maintain as you would think. Remember the factory that built them wasn't exactly "Hi-Tech". The fiberglass fuselage shell could cause problems, but even that is "garage mechanic" stuff now. There is enough commonality to the other Taylorcrafts to be useful and the rest is pretty much "homebuilt" technology. Your hard task will be finding a nice one.

Hank

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

You are right, I was mixing the 15 and 20 on the fiberglass. I would still say that the 15 was not what we would consider Hi-Tech for an airplane today and should be restore-able to a really nice plane by anyone who could do a BC-12.

Hank

[lawheelock]

Re: Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

Agreed, Hank,
I would see no real problem in restoring a Model 15. At the time, due to the mis-treatment of the fiberglass on the model 20 I looked at, I would deem it a difficult restoration.

Larry

You are right, I was mixing the 15 and 20 on the fiberglass. I would still say that the 15 was not what we would consider Hi-Tech for an airplane today and should be restore-able to a really nice plane by anyone who could do a BC-12.

Hank

[Forrest Barber]

Re: Not Familliar with the 15A . Know this one?

They can be built back up with out the added 300# of fiberglass......
remember folks , small point but there are no Model 15's left except mine... the OTHERS are 15A different Type certificate. This is all explained many times before... Have gotten NO calls this afternoon everybody must be happy or snowed in ...... will be here for another hour THEN OFF TO THE ELKS and CHINA HOUSE to learn all about Japanese Reiki ; meeting with a Master ...

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