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By Sally Tucker aka DeafladyhawkCategories: Maintenance
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Pilots need to understand why piston engines fail
By XC TrikerCategories: Trike Talk, Equipment, Training / Learning to Fly a Trike, Safety, Maintenance
blog.aopa.org - If you guys haven't read this guy's stuff, you're missing out on great engine info. Blogger Mike Busch writes piston engines should be overhauled only when needed, but in order to do that, pilots need to understand how they fail....
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Location of upper cable damage
This shows the location of the damage I found on my cableFrayed cable - upper rear support iXess
Picture showing damage to a kingpost support cable on an iXess 15 wing
Rotax 912 SI-912-018 and SI-914-020 - Oil Purging
SERVICE INSTRUCTION PURGING OF LUBRICATION SYSTEM Rotax 912The Waddington Effect
By XC TrikerCategories: Equipment, Safety, Maintenance
See the article related to this amazing graph describing why maintenance needs to be planned and cross checked...Grand Rapids Technologies EIS 2000 Operations manual
Operations manual for the Great Plains EIS model 2000. Covers setup, screens and paging, wiring and installation. Has wiring diagrams for all systems!
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The Dark Side of Maintenance: Maintenance-induced failures happen all too often
Started by XC TrikerMike Busch writes that maintenance-induced failures, incidents in which a mechanic makes a problem worse rather than fixing it, cause about one-eighth of all aircraft accidents. Many people believe that preventive maintenance is a good thing, but...AvGas in 2-Strokes?
Hey, is there any problem burning AvGas in a 2-stroke? I know it's not the greatest in a 4-stroke (like Rotax 912)-- the lead tends to gunk up the valve train, etc and therefore oil change intervals are 25 hrs on AvGas instead of 50...
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Just found a frayed upper rear cable on my wing!
Just found a frayed upper rear cable on my wing! When was the last time you had a good look at yours? This is the cable that attaches the kingpost to the rear of the keel on an Air Creation iXess 15 wing. I was removing thecable to recover some...-
Aircraft maintenance a "necessary evil"? / Waddington Efffect : Opinion Mike Busch, a...
Mike Busch, a well-known A&P/IA and owner of Savvy Aviator, a company that provides professional maintenance management for owner-flown aircraft, has joined Opinion Leaders in the new year and will focus on aircraft ownership and... -
Oil Pressure Sender problem on Rotax 912 series engines?
Is anyone else having failures of their Oil Pressure sender frequently? I've gone through about 4, this last one lasted about 3 months only. From what I know this is a known reliability issue. Sometimes they last... -
Rotax Service Bulletin SB-912-064 / SB-914-045 : Periodic checking of the crankshaft journal for...
Last updated by XC TrikerCategories: Equipment, Safety, Big Fast Trikes, Maintenance, Manufacturers / Sales / Industry Pros
Rotax announces Service Bulletin SB-912-064 / SB-914-045 : Periodic checking of the crankshaft journal for 912 & 914 series engines. Rotax has previously released SB-912-059/914-042 wherein a limited range of engines required an inspection... -
Rotax announces REVISED Service Instructions: 912-016, 914, 912i. Suitable Operating...
Last updated by XC TrikerCategories: Trike Talk, Maintenance
Rotax announces REVISED Service Instruction: SI-912-016 Revision 6 SI-914-018 Revision 6 SI-912i-001 Revision 1 From Rotax email 9/23/13: Rotax has announced a revision to its Service... -
SBs not mandatory, FAA counsel says
Last updated by XC TrikerCategories: Trike Talk, Safety, Maintenance
August 28, 2006 AOPA SBs not mandatory, FAA counsel says The FAA lawyers have spoken: Service bulletins (SBs) are not - repeat not - mandatory for most Part 91 aircraft operators. That's exactly the decision AOPA had encouraged and...
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