Day 16
Tuesday 10th July
The transponder is still u/s after being started on ground power last Friday. Going to Bristol therefore might be a bit tricky. We detail to do another local from the Green in the DA42, tracking out 247 then 010 toward SWB. This mimmicks a EXMOR departure from Bristol then heading north on the airway. Then return back to the Green for a hold, low approach, go-around, engine failure and asymmetric circuit to land (as we did the day before) All goes well enough, still need more time to get power, attitude and trim sorted, but the descent profile on the procedure shows an improvement.
Day 17
Wednesday 10th July
The nice man at Bristol finally delivers the goods to get the transponder fixed. Following the email instructions, ee reload the config into the G1000 and the transponder magically comes out of fail mode. Seems though we may not have Mode S working, but better than nowt. The plan is to go to Bristol, I can practise some approaches and the wobbly exhaust can be tightened whilst we are on the ground. However we remove the cowling and discover the short exhaust pipe is cracked along a weld line. Why do they use skinny mild steel and weld it for a part that undergoes massive thermal stress?
So with that paid, we try the Exeter route again from last Friday. I make a better stab of it, but again still foul up the hold entry coming in from the south. With some sim time still to play with, the aircraft being used for test and the exhaust on order, I will probably do Exeter again in the sim tomorrow/Friday.
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