09-05-2026, 01:40 PM
Just had a fellow bring-in a set of main blades that have in the factory box for probably over 30 years. They might have been salvageable except for some corrosion on the leading edge that had actually bubbled up near the root end. I used a grinder to take it down almost 1/4” before I got to good metal.
You must probably store parts if you want them to be any good years down the road. Rust and corrosion can destroy new parts that aren’t kept on a good environment.
These blades were so old they needed the doublers glued up and all the rivet mods done. The trading skin had the plastic on them and was perfect under that. The spar had some corrosion, but no use really seeing how bad it was after we found the bad patch near the end.
Properly stored these would be worth over $10k today.
If you have parts, better pull them out and check their conditions. If your buying parts that the seller says are new, better check them out before you determine price. May be worth nothing except junk price. I allowed the owner some money on these for a new set.
I once built up a mock up EXEC that went on Christine Onassis yacht hotel in Rotterdam, Netherlands .
If you go to
Her website you can probably still see sitting on the helipad. So that’s what these may be used for , yard ornaments.
You must probably store parts if you want them to be any good years down the road. Rust and corrosion can destroy new parts that aren’t kept on a good environment.
These blades were so old they needed the doublers glued up and all the rivet mods done. The trading skin had the plastic on them and was perfect under that. The spar had some corrosion, but no use really seeing how bad it was after we found the bad patch near the end.
Properly stored these would be worth over $10k today.
If you have parts, better pull them out and check their conditions. If your buying parts that the seller says are new, better check them out before you determine price. May be worth nothing except junk price. I allowed the owner some money on these for a new set.
I once built up a mock up EXEC that went on Christine Onassis yacht hotel in Rotterdam, Netherlands .
If you go to
Her website you can probably still see sitting on the helipad. So that’s what these may be used for , yard ornaments.