again looking for someone with experience brining one back from OM only,
not looking for any advice on how to buy or difference in price etc.

looking at a Stinson, wondering if anyone has ever brought a plane back from the owner maintenance class? everyone knows the engine, prop and flight instruments have to be overhauled, aircraft inspected etc. just wondering if anyone has actually done it. not looking for people to chime in saying oh ...

most people do write their own MPM's, most people revise their own MPM'S, this is for a small AMO. I started an AMO within the last few months, did everything myself, I started the process with transport in September and was approved and running in December. My PMI told me that it usually goes faste...

1-3 person AMO the fee is $300 with TC, over 3 its $1200 how long depends on how well you can write your manual, but once you have wrote your manual your PRM interview is a breeze because you know your manual inside and out. an AME with a good understanding of the cars should be able to write a MPM ...

an AMO isn't worth much unless it is coming with tooling, or building etc. the cost of opening an AMO with regards to transport Canada is very cheap for a small AMO the process can be very quick and is usually completed within 60 days of submitting your MPM. the major costs of opening an AMO is the ...

if the aircraft was already in landplane config, than you can remove the wheels and install skis if you don't open any hydraulic lines. you can not complete a change over from seaplane to landplane configurations or complete a change over from landplane to seaplane configurations. I have heard of pe...

Don't over think it! Sounds like the brushes are worn. Upgrading the SG will only make a difference because it will come with new brushes. From my experience the 200SGL119Q likes to do strange things even with half life brushes. It's probably why they don't allow field replacement of the brushes, o...

you didn't have a hot section completed over the winter did you?
or a new hot section installed?
new FCU installed?
fuel nozzles replaced?
was there any winter work completed to the engine?

have you or your amo done a performance run?

if you upgrade to the 300 S/G and your maintenance team has not been around one than they need to watch the cooling fan on the starter gen, they are notorious for coming loose, they should be checked at least every brush check, also the extra cooling duct that gets installed on the nose gear spring ...

You are a commercial operator. Snag it in the log and have an engineer look at it, could be a multitude of things. But you wouldn't want to be inconvenienced with silly things like actual maintenance. Maybe it'll make the next hundred? Maybe you'll torch the engine? Raise the bar for once instead o...

I have some aircraft that need to have almost every fastener torque sealed. others don't need any. this way I can tell what has been touched. another issue with owners and pilots tinkering is, if I have mechanic, ame or apprentice do a job and it gets done correctly, now the owner takes the plane an...

you missed the point, pilots cant change tubes, I CAN. Don't be ridiculous. Of course owners can change tubes, and authorize anyone else to do it for them (it doesn't have to be a pilot). No they can't; it's not on the list of elementary work. Nor is removing the split pin to take the wheel nut off...

Colonel Sanders wrote:

it doesn't say you can replace tubes

You re-use tubes? Nice.

you missed the point,
pilots cant change tubes, I CAN.

I'm not very bright, and I don't know very much about aviation, but if you do the following during BEFORE your annual inspection: - go to the TC website and print off your current AD's, mark any applicable repetitive ones from the past, check any new ones for applicability, and make sure technical ...

Go owner maintenance than you can finish the inspection yourself! Take it to an amo and get it done in a reasonable time frame. Find a reputable AME to do it, don't just look for the guy who is gonna let you help to keep the cost down. When it come to this if the owner wants to help they should be d...

So you have flown a caravan and yes you are right it is not a straight pull back to move the condition lever to cut off. BUT this is still a known issue with the caravan even if you don't think it is. Cessna came out with a Service Bulletin to add a stop tab to "reduce the potential of inadvertent ...

Okay, the whole pulling the condition lever rather than flaps problem with the caravan is bullshit. Anyone who's flown a caravan knows it's not a straight pull back, move it to the left then slide down. You're heads got to be at least half way up your ass to not notice what you're doing Some of the...

caravans are known for pilots pulling the condition lever into cut off when they are meaning to select a flap position.

[quote="Colonel Sanders"]Ok. Different airport this time. Now onto AME's Who Are Thieves Part Twois A friend of mine, at a THIRD airport near me, needs an engine overhaul. Third AME praises a particular engine shop to the stars. My friend, who has a little (but not a lot) of money, makes the mistake...

single otter uses nitrogen. the actuators should hold a charge for quite a while. we only top up the charge on inspections. were the actuators charged in a warm hanger then taken outside into the cold??? you either have to bump up the pressure if you fill it up inside a warm hanger or you have to ch...

i am just wondering what the AME to aircraft ratio is other places, and how many hours the aircraft fly.
i am obviously not talking about 747's, just smaller operations.

what is the snag? alternator will not come on line? inop light stays on? alternator will not come on line but inop light is off? will the alternator come on line with the generator tripped? a little more info will help. have you checked into the diodes for the relay? what about the drive belt tensio...

The journey log is only required to be kept for one year. but you do have to have a set of tech logs back to the first flight. you could always take the times from the tech logs 1 year ago then start a new journey log from there and transcribe the times into your new journey log. if there are no tec...

the overhaul manual states nothing about the locking nuts or any other kind of locking device.
but as per TCM SB96-7C there are nuts that are required to be replaced at overhaul with a new PN.