biggles

Bob, howd you get a good look around lower bolts, especially the center bottom one?

JJR ,

 

It's a bit crowded down there and best if you can lay on some sort of elevated platform to get a bit closer , which I didn't have , so a fair bit of squirming around . As indicated elsewhere on this thread , a good light source , magnifying glass etc. are needed .

 

Bob

 

 

I have just finished an examination of my engine cylinder heads using magnifying glass , torch etc. The whole operation from start to finish took about 3 hours . Found nothing , as I expected , but certainly worth keeping a regular check on . The engine has done 350 hours ( trouble free ) but as indicated previously , runs very cool with CHT's around 210 F in cruise .

 

Bob

 

 

Biggles, what's creative about the pics?

Oh dear , sorry DS , blxxdy IPad again . Now removed

 

Bob

 

 

Yes terrible , a Latrobe Valley couple we have socialised with on many occasions .

 

Bob

 

 

He's close enough to home for an Indian David - about 300 kms away.Wouldn't have made it on a Harley.......................

More like 3000 Klm's I think Turbo !

 

Bob

 

 

Hey welcome back ol fella. Glad to hear you survived on those two wheel things. I worry about you sometimes..

He's not quite back yet David .

 

Bob

 

 

I learned something important just before I got married. Begin as you intend to continue. Sounds simple enough but it takes some will power at times. So don't remember your anniversaries when you first get married, forget them right from the beginning, that way it comes as no surprise down the track, everyone knows what to expect.

Yeah that's right Steve .... Do it right from the start or you're rxxted . Other things include birthdays , forgetting to do the shopping is also a good one . I haven't been asked to shop for 49 years now . I've basically gotten away with murder, but as hard as it is , it's really for her benefit, sort of helps her self esteem . Mum always said " Bob sometimes you've gotta be cruel to be kind " . I've never forgotten that.

 

Bob

 

 

Dare we ask what the second thing is? Hoping to shortcut my learning and maybe progress to three things before I reach 50 years of wedded bliss!

Who said anything about " wedded bliss " . Anyway, I'm not about to divulge something that took me 49 years to learn, so unless I have a change of heart you'll just have to do it cold turkey ...... unless of course you have something to trade !

 

Bob

 

 

Here's the edited vidYoung Seth's growing up Tim . Looks very much like a chip off the old block .

 

Bob

Wife and I were flying around in rented C172s when daughter was born.......

She was actually born in the C172 Maj ? ............ Sorry mate things are a bit quiet here at the moment .

 

Bob

 

 

We have 3 Qantaslink flights on wednesday from Brisbane to Miles and back. Our first flight today was 1 hour 45 minutes late. The 2nd flight, my flight was 1 hour late. Weight and balance is important to me, but more importantly is the plane farking turning up ;)

Just sayin '. eh Dazz

 

 

Even at 87Kg i can see merit in MTOW above 600Kg for a tourer, going to be interesting getting the co-pilot on the scales, she is a bit shy about things like that. It is just going to be in the rules, "no weigh, you stay!".

" My way or the Highway " doesn't work for me Steve . I just say " I think you have lost some weight lately dear " and that usually gets a fairly quick response to the bathroom scales ,quickly followed by me as the observer . By the way that's only one of two things I've learned during the past 50 years of married life !

 

Bob

 

 

Bob, Bob, Bob........didn't your mother tell you to undo your shoe laces before you take them off

Having a quite day Bill ? Must admit it wasn't a really good look , but my wife does insist that I store them away neatly , which of course includes the laces being tied . Anyway , here's the other side showing a reasonable ground speed also, which I'm sure you will rightly agree is due to good flight planning . Bob

 

 

 

Hi Bob, I know what your saying but I have this fear of missing the fuel **** on pre take off vitals! Just one less routine change and hole in the cheese.

Something like this will help to allay that fear . It reads ... " Fuel cxcks ( 3 off ) - OPEN "

 

 

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had an issue last week with the mechanical fuel pump on my J230-D, had a fuel fume smell in the cockpit on the last flight, next morning I went to pull the cowls but as I approached the A/C I noticed the tarmac had been eaten away near the nose wheel.So I pulled the cowls and found the fuel pump was leaking between the diaphragms and that the retaining screws were loose.

Interestingly the screws have no form of locking! they have now ( LT 620) as I think an inflight fire would have been inevitable if I was on a longer flight the day before.

 

Engine and pump have done a total of 35.4 hours.

 

Anyway just sharing for info as its definitely something to check. (Defect report submitted)

Always pays to isolate the fuel to the engine when finished flying , although it did bring a serious defect to your attention .

 

Bob

 

 

They (manufacturers & govt bodies) seem to be cracking down on modded 24 aircraft these days.Best bet I recon, would be to get a instument tech to do the job and get him to contact the manufacturer for prior approval.

Intended use as a private, owner maintained or school, hire and reward may affect the manufacturers decision.

 

Obviously they are worried about a bodgy job causing an incident/accident and damaging the "brand".

 

As a "24" owner myself, it's unfortunate readily available improvements and changes are difficult to implement by those people that DO know what they are doing..

 

(edited before Dazza found out....)

Instument ??

 

 

Peter Gash ?............

Yep Maj . In fact Peter was there Saturday . I believe there are equity partners also.

 

Bob

 

 

Isn't it commercial opps only ?

Yes Avo. unless of course you happen to be mates with the lessee .

 

Bob

 

 

What are you in to get that far out? Don't tell me you took the Jab that far.

No Shags not the Jab , a 700 HP Cessna Grand Caravan . Even that took almost the full length to get airborne .

 

Bob

 

 

Yup, I mean brand new engine from the factory. Not rebuilt/ zero timed. The 300 hours, is make sure she is reliable and running fine ( history). I wouldn't like a brand new engine with 5 hours on her. She needs to be ran in.

Why is everything " brand new " these days . When I was a lad everything was just "new" . Sorry dazz , it's just that things are a bit quite here at the moment .

 

Bob

 

 

"engine failure on takeoff, land straight ahead" Yeah Right!

Yeah Steve , spot on ! And here's another short clip .

 

Bob

 

 

 

There's been a few planes park themselves on the beach there !

From 500'

 

Bob

 

 

 

6.00pm Win news Brisbane stated that the cause of the accident was due to "fuel starvation ".

 

Bob

 

 

This might be the problem with all of them; have people been shown how to fill a tank?

You could be on to something there Turbo !

 

Bob