popuppete1 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Hi, I have a 10 year old Jabiru UL450 with low hours and the yellow nosewheel shock absorber self- destructed in the hanger. The machine is kept at Montpezat in the Lot-et-Garonne, France and the engineer ordered parts from Paris and replaced the crumbled yellow part with the new red equivalent. I was just lucky that the prop is always left in the horizontal position and there was therefore no prop damage when the nosewheel collapsed. I was even more lucky that it did not happen on take-off or landing or on pre-take-off power checks as has been the case with some less fortunate fellow aviators. It is inconceivable that Jabiru has not issued a SB to all operators despite being aware of the problem for some time. Kind regards Popuppete1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 It is inconceivable that Jabiru has not issued a SB to all operators despite being aware of the problem for some time. Popuppete1 No. It's entirely conceivable. That's their attitude. OME 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Welcome Popuppete1! Parts that are known to wear should ideally be replaced before 10 years. But yes in general Jabiru could also be a bit more pro-active in their advice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAIRVTW Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 10 year old! How many landings in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank marriott Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 If you go to the Jabiru specific forum there is 3 pages of discussion on this matter started in January FrankM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J170 Owner Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 "It is inconceivable that Jabiru has not issued a SB to all operators despite being aware of the problem for some time." As Frank says, there is considerable discussion on this. 10 years is a long time, perhaps the failure could be expected? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Hi, I have a 10 year old Jabiru UL450 with low hours and the yellow nosewheel shock absorber self- destructed in the hanger. The machine is kept at Montpezat in the Lot-et-Garonne, France and the engineer ordered parts from Paris and replaced the crumbled yellow part with the new red equivalent.I was just lucky that the prop is always left in the horizontal position and there was therefore no prop damage when the nosewheel collapsed. I was even more lucky that it did not happen on take-off or landing or on pre-take-off power checks as has been the case with some less fortunate fellow aviators. It is inconceivable that Jabiru has not issued a SB to all operators despite being aware of the problem for some time. Kind regards Popuppete1 to the Forum! I am happy for you that this failure happened in the hangar not during a takeoff, landing or whilst taxiing!! Your sharing this may prompt other decade-old Jabiru owners to do some checking themselves. Thanks for alerting the Jab people here (and there are quite a few on this Forum). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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