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Ask ABB, kit aircraft in Newsletter
Ask ABB, kit aircraft in Newsletter 
Entries from August 1, 2012 - August 31, 2012
MARKETLINE SUMMER 2012 EDITION
Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 8:48AM Vol. 25, No. 2 | June 6, 2012 | Go to Charts
IN THIS ISSUE
Bluebook Perspectives: Thumps and Bumps in the Pre-Owned Market
Into the Blue: 12th Annual EBACE Convention Shines in Geneva
Ask Aircraft Bluebook: Why can't I find my kit aircraft in the Aircraft Bluebook?
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Ask Aircraft Bluebook:
Why can't I find my kit aircraft in the Aircraft Bluebook?
Kit aircraft present a unique challenge to the Aircraft Bluebook – Price Digest. With the individual becoming the manufacturer, there is no guarantee of uniformity in the areas of quality assurance for how or who built the aircraft, where it was built and the conditions located therein, or even how long the building process has taken to complete. These aircraft are often very unique which can create dissimilar copies even when building a similar kit. For uniformity standards Aircraft Bluebook only represents aircraft that are produced and assembled by manufacturers in accordance with Federal Regulations or their permissible alternatives.
MARKETLINE SUMMER 2012 EDITION
Friday, August 3, 2012 at 8:30AM Vol. 25, No. 2 | June 6, 2012 | Go to Charts
IN THIS ISSUE
Bluebook Perspectives: Thumps and Bumps in the Pre-Owned Market
Into the Blue: 12th Annual EBACE Convention Shines in Geneva
Ask Aircraft Bluebook: I have a run-out Lycoming IO-360 and the Bluebook says that the overhaul for this engine is...
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Ask Aircraft Bluebook:
I have a run-out Lycoming IO-360 and the Bluebook says that the overhaul for this engine is $25,000, but when I enter the 2,000 hour TBO amount for the engine time it only deducts $12,500. Why is it not a deduction of $25,000?
The Aircraft Bluebook prices piston aircraft with midlife engine(s). This means that the point of reference for adjustments is from mid-life, not from zero. If an engine has a 2,000 TBO limit, then the adjustment is based on the engine’s relationship from mid-life or 1,000 hours in this example. At mid-life the Bluebook has accounted for half of the engine’s value being used and half of it remaining, so if the engine time is now adjusted to be run-out, all that is left to deduct is the remaining half (which in this case would be $12,500). Conversely, a zero-time engine would get a $12,500 credit for the same reasons just explained.
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Ask ABB, TBO amount in Newsletter 