Message Board
(up-dated July 3, 2008)
Rob Lutz (Ladson, S.C., phone 704/564-7430) has to sell his F/G Coot hull (asking $400.) due to a "sudden situation". Email him soon at roblutztech@yahoo.com for details and directions.
Wolfgang Wagner (Union Grove, WI, phone 262/878-4857) has recently inherited Percy Hanson's Coot (N481PH). It will be sold again at auction unless some smart soul intervenes with a reasonable offer. It last sold for $17,000., and it has been stored outside for several years.
Mick Burke (Spokane, WA, phone 509-993-0871) has a 30% complete Coot project for sale, including F/G hull, most bulkheads installed with main gear, wing ribs & L.E. skins, wing straps plus many F/G parts. Asking $2,800. E-mail Mick at burmi@qwest.net for details.
Willy Trinker (100 Mile House, B.C., Canada, phone 250/791-5621) is just too busy to continue building his unique Ostrem Coot with monocoque F/G tail and other features described in CBNL 31:3:2. It's on the gear with tail feathers installed, wing spars & ribs built, and includes MOLDS for the tail & other parts, plus plans. Asking $4750.
Ken Vance (Louisville, OH, phone 330/875-1593) wants to sell N14KV after flying it only 30 minutes, due to nose leg and tail damage in 1999. Asking $10,000. without the engine, Ken would include a trailer and other parts.
Paul Wilcox (Shoreview, MN) has a 95% Coot for sale. Perhaps the most atypical of all Coots, Paul's has twin tail booms, an inverted-V tail, a sliding canopy, and he's powered it with a turbocharged Franklin Sport 4R engine with a variable-pitch Flottorp prop. There's no trailer, but the wings are completely assembled and fully covered. Sadly, Paul passed away on Oct. 28, but his son, Thomas, can be reached at 651-298-3280 (days) or 651-293-4431 (evenings). This special Coot deserves a good "home", so call now before someone else snaps it up.
Katherine Greene (email: greenekm@telus.net) didn’t quite sell Norman’s Coot yet, so she’s reminding us that her 50% project, including the hull on its gear, tail-boom, wings, misc. parts including a new Ross Aero PRU, photos, manual and plans will go for $8500.
Paul "Matt" Melancon (Raceland, Louisiana, Phone 985-855-0267) has a Coot project for sale that includes a Taylor F/G hull, F/G leading edge skins, aluminum tail boom, pre-bent aluminum tail kit, main and nose landing gear legs, A/C plywood and spruce, pre-cut wing ribs, bulkhead templates, wing strap material, many hard-to-make metal parts and miscellaneous hardware. Asking $3,850. Call Matt for more details or email him at pmelancon@charter.net.
Richard Miller (Lake in the Hills, IL, phone 815/735-0779) has a Coot project for sale, including F/G hull, assembled wings and tail feathers, all for $5,000. This project was started by Jim Hills in AZ in 1994.
Tom Pittendreigh (Moodus, CT, phone 860/873-2422 or email ltpitt1@comcast.net) has a Coot hull, foredeck, sponsons, rear canopy and windshield for sale, all for $900. (Tom has just purchased the DeVoss Coot from Jeff and Sue Miller.)
Reginald LeBlanc (Haley Station, ON, phone 613/433-3348 or email reginald.leblanc@sympatico.ca) has recently purchased all of Noel Venne's Coots and many parts, some of which he will sell at or near cost. This is a great resource, especially for Canadian Coot-builders, for it includes F/G parts, gear legs, windows and some wood bulkheads.
Wendell Fleener (Grapeview, WA, phone 360/275-2690) has a 90% Coot project for sale. It includes 70% of structure with wings & tail, main gear mechanism, IO-360 Cont. engine but no pylon. Wendell has invested $13K
Email wafpaf@msn.com for further details.
Beau Hebert (Memphis, TN, email hdhebert@fedex.com) is looking for a nice 220 HP Coot for which he might trade his gorgeous Skybolt. One could swap email pictures at hebert1800@netzero.com.
Tom Antczak would sell his George Dobbs-built Coot for $24,500. It has been fully restored, the wings are non-folding, and it is powered by a Lycoming 0-320-A2B engine with fixed-pitch prop. Located in Caro, MI, it can also be seen at http://www.airplanenut.com/, linked to this site by Brent Bowman. Call Tom at 989/963-0371 for details.
Peter Leggo (Cambridge, U.K., email: mailto:leggo@csc.cam.ac.uk) has a zero-time, rebuilt Continental IO-360-C engine with Hartzell HC-C2 YF-4 prop for sale (both) for $15,500. transport paid. This was purchased initially for installation on a Coot, so it should make an excellent power source.
Ted Strand (Sorrento, B.C., phone 250/675-2170) has a Coot project for sale that includes most F/G prefab parts, tail boom, canopy, wing straps, L.E. covers and many metal parts Asking $5,000. Call Ted for details.
Robert Kuhn (504 Beck Road, Souderton, PA 18964, phone 215/723-5115 or email tishkabob1@aol.com) is offering his COOT fiberglass hull and tail built by Ostrem & Farwell for $1,000. U.S. This is the same monocoque tail used by David Woodcock in his famous Coot that flew on the west coast 20 years ago. This could be a great beginning for the aspiring builder.
Kenneth Bollan (3439 Ridgeway Trail, Maryville TN 37801, phone 865/977-5080) has a strong and well-built Coot project for sale. His wood hull is now fully planked and covered with Kevlar, and is now on its landing gear. He also has the wing trusses built, and will soon be mounting the tail boom. Call him for details and negotiations.
