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A maintenance shop can be a good resource to consult before acquiring an aircraft. It can be useful to talk to your mechanic about which make and model of aircraft best suits your clubs needs. Mechanics can help identify major concerns with different aircraft, such as expensive airworthiness directives (ADs), recurring costs for specific maintenance on an aircraft type (like a ballistic parachute repack), or the ease of finding parts.
When selecting an aircraft, consider the future cost of replacing the engine when it becomes due. Every hour your aircraft flies is an hour closer to its engine overhaul. For this reason, most clubs have an engine reserve fund. The basic formula for estimating an engine reserve is below:
Calculating your routine maintenance costs, engine reserve, and fuel costs will provide your club the information it will need to set fees and hourly rates to support the aircraft now and in the future. Having a sound financial foundation will help the club succeed.
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As part of the FCC repack, getting post-repack RF field strength measurements is sanctioned and reimbursable. To that end, Osborn Engineering now owns and operates a vehicle with associated equipment to perform those measurements. Of course, taking these readings and subsequently developing a full report is not limited to repacked TV stations, but is useful for any TV or radio entity to have on record. If you are a repacked station that would like to be sure your signal is what you hoped it would be, or if you are a non-repacked station that would like to have your signal analyzed to verify how you are performing in your DMA, please email me at mho...@osborn-eng.com. We are currently setting up our schedule for the coming weeks and months.
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