Flying Waiex for sale

[MichaelFarley56]

Well, the time has come to sell the Waiex. I’ve upgraded to a more family friendly Cessna and I just don’t have the room to store my Waiex, unfortunately. I love flying it, fly it often, and am strongly considering a Onex project as a replacement simply because it would fit in the hangar with the Cessna, plus it would give me a build project with my sons. With that in mind I would consider an unbuilt Onex project as a partial trade.

As for the Waiex, I am the original builder and after around 1400 hours to build, I first flew this airplane April 2012 with an AeroVee. In 2020 I pulled the AeroVee and installed an overhauled Jabiru 3300, serial #1706, and new Prince P-tip prop. Last summer I went over the airframe and applied a PPG single stage polyurethane paint job to protect the metal from corrosion. I was planning on adding vinyl stripes but have yet to do that.

I just completed an annual condition inspection this July and installed all new tires, tubes, and brake pads. All cylinder compressions are nearly perfect (upper 70’s).

I don’t consider this a trophy winning show plane, but I’m proud of it and I spare no expense on safety and reliability. I’m a corporate pilot and after flying Gulfstream’s and Challengers, the Waiex is my therapy! This airplane has been wonderful and I’ll miss it, and I hope it can be enjoyed by someone else as much as I have!

A few numbers…

Waiex kit serial #0056
Total time: 460 hours
Time on Jabiru: 140 hours
Time on Prop: 140 hours
Time flown last year: 50 hours
Equipment: MGL Xtreme EFIS with SP4 AHRS, Sandia STX-165R Mode C transponder and uAvionix Echo for ADS-B IN and OUT. Garmin Area 660 mounted to panel and Garmin GDL 50 for traffic and weather to the Area 660.
Lights: All LED, Aveo wingtip nav and strobe lights, Aveo red LED beacon in bottom of fuselage, and Fresh Aero LED landing lights.
Paint: PPG Epoxy primer and single stage polyurethane.
Interior: Sonex cloth seats, and Sonex baggage sling. Seats have heating elements but not connected.
Airplane comes with a lot of accessories including canopy cover, sun visor, and a lot of spare Jabiru parts. Located at KMRT in central Ohio. You can Google N569KM for pics but most will be of it polished and before paint.

Price: $36,000 for whole package.

I’m terrible at messenger so if you have questions feel free to try a message, but emailing at michaelfarley56@gmail.com will be more reliable.

Thanks everyone!