Hi all, due to the weather playing ball and being able to get a clear area while the VW event was going on at the bottom end of the peri track we decided to run 728 and give her a good check run.
Here’s a few piccies
And not my best side 😀
Good news is we have cured the starter snags that have dogged both engines in the last month or so, you will notice no reheat pics above this is due to us still looking at other issues with the engine and hence today we didnt go for a full reheat run, we now need to do more work on her, maybe an engine pull.
Cheers
By: phil103 - 18th June 2007 at 21:59
Sorry tp hear it, hopefully the other one will run as well as last time!!
By: 320psi - 18th June 2007 at 21:57
Do you reckon it’ll be fixed for the 22nd July?
Quick answer to that is unforuntatley ‘no’ I think we another way ward FCU on the the No2 engine, and this is not a quick ‘fix’
Its a shame as we have slowly been working our way though the reheat and fuel system over the last few years to try and pin point the snag, we got it all back together, then we were faced with starter snags once we began to test her out, which we have now sorted and now the FCU on the engine seems to be giving us grief.
By: phil103 - 18th June 2007 at 21:04
Do you reckon it’ll be fixed for the 22nd July?
By: 320psi - 18th June 2007 at 16:28
thanks for the info guys, what’s it like being strapped into one on full reheat, or are there no words that can do this experience any justice 😀
Ive never let the brakes off in reheat, Ive run both our two many times staticly into reheat one engine at a time and thats enough for a mear mortal 😮 Your concentration levels go into over drive, eyes on the dials, eyes on the people on the ground. Its interesting to say the least.
I have taxied 728 slowly (40- 50mph) which is a good speed to allow the brakes not to snatch to much, I really can not image what its like to drop both burners in and let the brakes off, I think to term ‘I was with all the way to brakes off’ is a good way of describing it.
Cheers
Andy B (LPG)
By: Nashio966 - 18th June 2007 at 00:58
thanks for the info guys, what’s it like being strapped into one on full reheat, or are there no words that can do this experience any justice 😀
By: 320psi - 17th June 2007 at 22:36
Tyres are for holding the tarps and covers down when they are put to bed at night, suspect they are stacked on the port wing for convenience.
Regards,
John.
Spot on John, they will be the first things to go when we get that roof on the Q shed, belive me 😉
We leave them on the wing as they are usually full of water and very heavy, theres no reason to stain our backs throwing them back on for antidet runs
Here they are in ‘action’
By: FMK.6JOHN - 17th June 2007 at 20:33
whats with the tyres on the port wing?:confused: i wish that i had been born 40 years ago so i could have flown one of them on active duty, that would have been awesome!:diablo:
Tyres are for holding the tarps and covers down when they are put to bed at night, suspect they are stacked on the port wing for convenience.
Regards,
John.
By: Rlangham - 17th June 2007 at 18:42
Looks good mate, by the way check your PM’s got a question for you
Cheers, Rob
By: Nashio966 - 17th June 2007 at 18:35
whats with the tyres on the port wing?:confused: i wish that i had been born 40 years ago so i could have flown one of them on active duty, that would have been awesome!:diablo:
By: cessna152towser - 17th June 2007 at 17:46
Looking really nice now that she has the covers off.
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