SENECA I in Argentina

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Diego Becker on March 26, 2019 at 10:29 am #19108

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Diego Becker on March 22, 2019 at 6:42 pm #19106

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STEVE on March 22, 2019 at 3:56 pm #19105

I’m not sure what I’m looking at but it sure looks like there is displacement of the black tube that has caused deformation of the bulkhead.
What is that part? LG actuator? Flap actuator tube??

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Diego Becker on March 22, 2019 at 3:14 pm #19104

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Diego Becker on March 22, 2019 at 3:05 pm #19103

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Diego Becker on March 19, 2019 at 3:23 pm #19069

Thanks Steve, I understood the same about the Seneca II. I believe this fuselage might have been designed for a Seneca II, but fitted into one of the last Seneca I on the production run. I could not find any evidence of adding that 4th window after the plane was manufactured.

This Seneca has club seating, but also do the other 2 Seneca I that are siblings to this one (which were part of that smuggling run I mentioned), which have just 3 windows per side (LV-LIL and LV-LCW. But all these planes retain the standard MTOW of 4000/4200 pounds with the naturally aspirated Lycs.

LV-LIL has a nice mod on the engine cowlings, with 2 landing lights, one per side. See picture attached.

So far still pulling things apart on my plane. Next week I will put the order for all engine + landing gear spares with Aviation Parts. ELT will also be installed next week and the painter might start cleaning and polishing … hopefully that will bring back some of the colors.

Best,

Diego

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STEVE on March 19, 2019 at 1:53 pm #19067

Hi Diego;
My research shows that the 4th window was installed when the Seneca II was released. The Seneca II had club seating (the second and third row seats faced each other) and a 4570 pound maximum take off weight (MTOW) instead of the 4000 or 4200 pound MTOW for the Seneca I.
The II incorporated quite a few upgrade/changes including the higher MTOW, the club seating, turbocharged engines, redesign of the ailerons, addition of a rudder anti servo tab and the addition of a stabilator bob weight.
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Diego Becker on March 18, 2019 at 8:27 am #19066
Next step … fixing missing parts on the fuselage. So far just a part on the forward baggage compartment, probably stolen from those years sitting on the grass. Premier Aerospace Systems will get it manufactured and ready in 3 weeks.

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Diego Becker on March 16, 2019 at 9:22 am #19064

All right … first question B) :

Is it common for Seneca I to have 4 windows per side instead of 3? mine has 4, but the sister ship (-LCW) has only 3. Her S/N is smaller than mine, thus it might have been a 1971 model. Not sure.

Any light into this? The 4th window is on the baggage compartment.

Thanks,

Diego

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Diego Becker on March 2, 2019 at 6:54 am #19042

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