Hi All
I am new to the group after seriously considering purchasing a Mooney. So far I have been told by my usual [very competent] maintenance partner at Horizon St Athen (EGDX) that parts are both rare and costly.
I want a fast bird for travelling in the UK and to Europe for business and the Mooney ticks all the boxes. I must say they just look and sound tremendous... I am looking at something like this: https://www.ataviation.uk/listings/mooney-305-rocket/#
If I fly 100 hours per year what the servicing and maintenance cost would work out per year over a 5 year average? Also, people have mentioned lots of down time due to searching for or waiting for parts. Is this a thing? I owned an Archer 2 for a number of years so I know that servicing and ad-hoc work can be nasty. I just want to establish if I can truly afford to run this through my VAT registered business without it being a total liability?
Any thoughts welcome!
Thanks, and best regards.
Ian