Quote Originally Posted by Dustytome View Post
I believe if you dismantle the airship beforehand you get the parts back, so no need to sacrifice parts. I haven't done this personally and have only seen mention of it so you may still want to swap out one airship with bronco parts and test it.
Its worth a try, i still have a 4th airship space open, never needed a 4th, so i may build one and dismantle it to ck. At least i wont lose any leveling progress that way.