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by KISS_MY_TCAS
Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:59 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: I Always Wondered About the Arrow Manual Gear Extension
Replies: 11
Views: 1680

Re: I Always Wondered About the Arrow Manual Gear Extension

The landing gear will freefall through a mechanically linked shuttle valve know as the "hoof valve". No electrics required for it to operate. The auto extend system was abolished by Piper after a dead stick landing when the gear kicked out and the airplane didn't make the airfield...they will not su...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:31 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Flight Control Problem Could be the Autopilot
Replies: 35
Views: 2876

Re: Flight Control Problem Could be the Autopilot

In the aircraft I fly, when you put a certain control force against the autopilot commands, the autopilot will automatically disengage that axis as it generally means that you purposely want to do something else than what the autopilot is commanding. This design should be incorporated in every auto...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Sat Jun 09, 2018 10:43 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Air Inuit is looking for talent! – ***New salary scale***
Replies: 3
Views: 3075

Re: Air Inuit is looking for talent! – ***New salary scale***

Wow, top wage is roughly what I earned in 2008. And that was working on things much smaller than Boeings, living in a city far more affordable than Montreal. What kind of talent are you trying to attract? :shock:
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:59 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Where AD compliance is difficult...
Replies: 33
Views: 7965

Re: Where AD compliance is difficult...

NeverBlue, way to look like an ass. It's reassuring to see not only your knowledge, but also your sanity become questionable in a public forum. Kind of a shame you claim to be involved in an industry driven by safety, mental illness is no joking matter. Good employers have employee assistance progra...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:24 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Checking Tach
Replies: 200
Views: 34619

Re: Checking Tach

http://www.proptach.com

Have had one of these in my toolbox for years, and check its accuracy every time I do a dynamic balance with a calibrated Chadwick Helmuth balancer. Have yet to see more than a 5 rpm difference from the calibrated optical pickup on the CH.
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:57 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Now I got accreditation from TC. What do I do with it?
Replies: 29
Views: 6496

Re: Now I got accreditation from TC. What do I do with it?

Someone PLEASE hire this kid! Hasn't worked a day in aviation and already has the industry by the twig and berries! Sounds like about 80% of modern apprentices, all piss and vinegar with no skills or knowledge to back themselves up. Lead the way big shooter, we're all dying for you to show us what w...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:00 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Now I got accreditation from TC. What do I do with it?
Replies: 29
Views: 6496

Re: Now I got accreditation from TC. What do I do with it?

For those students who left aviation temporary, don't forget your goal, WE WILL COME BACK. Sweet...let's take our shirts off and bump chests! Airplanes are expensive. If you spend too much maintaining/fuelling/flying them, you get outbid on a contract every time, the industry is a race to the botto...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:38 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Impact drivers (dewalt and the likes)
Replies: 29
Views: 4773

Re: Impact drivers (dewalt and the likes)

Strega, I don't refer to myself as an "engineer", I refer to my profession as being an AME. For those unsure of what that is, I explain it to them. I have no shame in what I do for a living, I made a conscious decision to do it. People like you, that devalue what AMEs do every day lose respect withi...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Sun Apr 12, 2015 1:18 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Impact drivers (dewalt and the likes)
Replies: 29
Views: 4773

Re: Impact drivers (dewalt and the likes)

Why, oh why does anyone help Strega when it's painfully obvious his AME hating, holier than thou self is trolling a forum? Strega, head to Canadian Tire, buy your jobber impact, destroy your airplane so you can come back and complain about people wanting you to spend money for their knowledge and ex...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Sun Dec 21, 2014 1:44 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Grease
Replies: 8
Views: 2129

Re: Grease

If the spec called for is mil-g-81322, I would use mobil grease 28, aeroshell 22 does not seem to react well with moisture and cold temps, it tends to dry up and get waxy once met with either cold or moisture. Or Mobil shc100 for wheel bearings, that stuff is awesome, but I am unsure what mil spec i...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:30 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Alberta Government Fleet For Sale $11 million
Replies: 16
Views: 4962

Re: Alberta Government Fleet For Sale $11 million

Hopefully Saskatchewan will follow suit. Most unbelievably inefficient waste of tax payers money I have ever seen.
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:26 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Components
Replies: 18
Views: 4605

Re: Components

jay, I don't know everything and will be the first to admit that, it is a desirable trait in aviation. What I do know is I am an investor, I lend my money to help other people build business for the mutual gain of both parties. Others do the legwork, I provide the capital, I have no interest in star...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:34 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Ice Pilots Back
Replies: 141
Views: 38754

Re: Ice Pilots Back

Anyone else notice the newbie last season who was a 'hotshot' pilot from bc, is now a mechanic there? Poor guy, probably got better pay, nicer hours, and more respect. Hotshot pilots unfortunately do not make good AMEs, their egos leave them in the dust. Hotshot AMEs turned pilots on the other hand...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:24 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Components
Replies: 18
Views: 4605

Re: Components

I'll just say what everyone else is thinking, and why you as a prospective entrepreneur have already failed. You want to cater to a market that you don't know exists. Pound some pavement, knock on some doors, find a market that suits your locale. You want to do JT15 components, great.....as long as ...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:06 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Help for TC powerplant exam.
Replies: 20
Views: 4464

Re: Help for TC powerplant exam.

Study, and learn it for yourself. The industry is already saturated with apprentices that aren't interested. Or find a new career if you think the easy way is how to do this.
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:18 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: share what you make.
Replies: 57
Views: 8449

Re: share what you make.

The problem with your question is that it is too broad. A 200 hour Navajo F/O will make substantially less than a senior airline captain, and a freshly printed AME license will earn far less that the senior wrenches. The problem with aviation that sends everyone into a tailspin are the horrendously ...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:14 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: BD5 Down in Provost Alberta, Pilot Deceased
Replies: 12
Views: 4107

Re: BD5 Down in Provost Alberta, Pilot Deceased

I remember about 10 years ago in YXE, they were trying to get that BD5 flying, endless problems with the Honda engine in it. After about a week of trials, they took the wings off, tossed in the back of a 3/4 ton and off it went. I always wondered what happened to the plane, and the gentleman who met...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Thu May 01, 2014 3:20 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Owner qualified?
Replies: 58
Views: 8061

Re: Owner qualified?

I have learned to dismiss photofly's posts as another know-nothing-know-it-all. Just another pilot that thinks he is getting screwed over every time someone tries to cover their own hide, his earlier post in this thread proves. I once hangared 2 photo company C152s free of charge because the square ...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Tue Apr 08, 2014 2:51 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Encore AME jobs
Replies: 292
Views: 77536

Re: Encore AME jobs

Neverblue rides a desk, defends low wages, has been in aviation 20+ years...come on you guys, every operator has Neverblues. They are the guys moved up to a desk because they are high risk, but long employed which looks good on a resume. Then the poor employer hires them and discovered they obviousl...
by KISS_MY_TCAS
Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:11 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Strange B200 icing incident
Replies: 30
Views: 6818

Re: Strange B200 icing incident

What Captain X was referring to is the fact that the King Air does not have pneumatic deice indicator lights.

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