On a short runway, it could have dramatic consequences
This is the way that it is suppose to be:
Check first full travel of the power levers and perform a engines run
Friday, October 31, 2014
Right oil pressure transmitter
Be careful when reinstalling the right engine oil press transmitter
It can prevent full engine power with the linkage hitting the cannon plug
On a short runway, it could have dramatic consequences
This is the way that it is suppose to be:
Check first full travel of the power levers and perform a engines run
On a short runway, it could have dramatic consequences
This is the way that it is suppose to be:
Check first full travel of the power levers and perform a engines run
Main fuel filter pop out / NEED TO BE TESTED AT EACH ANNUAL OR FUEL FIlTER CLEANING
I did a inspection on a Fouga and this is the indication that the main fuel filter was contaminated
The pop out did his job.
THE POP OUT NEED TO BE TESTED AT EACH ANNUAL AND FUEL FILTER CLEANING
If the pop out does not pop out when you push on it from the inside, if your fuel filter get clogged,
the fuel will not be able to bypass the main fuel filter and fuel flow will stop going to the engines and you will have engines shut down due to fuel starvation.
Be careful that before installing the new filter or clean stainless filter, that the bypass pop out is working and free to pop out and to be reset because some 5606 oil can drop on it (because the hydraulic reservoir is just on the top of it ) and with time the oil dries and become like sticky glue, that will prevent the pop out to function normally so no way to see if the filter was bypassed or not.
Old paper filter and new stainless fuel filter
After replacing the main fuel filter ( paper filter cannot be cleaned ) everything is
back to normal and pop out retracted
For your information the fuel filter pop out need to be checked every flight by the pilot.
The pop out did his job.
THE POP OUT NEED TO BE TESTED AT EACH ANNUAL AND FUEL FILTER CLEANING
If the pop out does not pop out when you push on it from the inside, if your fuel filter get clogged,
the fuel will not be able to bypass the main fuel filter and fuel flow will stop going to the engines and you will have engines shut down due to fuel starvation.
Be careful that before installing the new filter or clean stainless filter, that the bypass pop out is working and free to pop out and to be reset because some 5606 oil can drop on it (because the hydraulic reservoir is just on the top of it ) and with time the oil dries and become like sticky glue, that will prevent the pop out to function normally so no way to see if the filter was bypassed or not.
Old paper filter and new stainless fuel filter
After replacing the main fuel filter ( paper filter cannot be cleaned ) everything is
back to normal and pop out retracted
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Fuel puddle in the inlet of the engine, smoke in the cockpit, smell of jetA fouga - Paris Jet - CM191
If you have a fuel puddle in the inlet of the engine , and some smell of JetA in the pressurization system, or smoke on take off when pressurization is on full hot, you have a good 99% chance that the seal called Mariac seal ( most modification was done by the French Air Force because before it was a o-ring , and some engines still have those O-rings) need to be replaced . That seal was replaced every 5 years at least with the French Air Force.
That seal is on the fuel cutoff valve on the engine fuel pump on the accessory support in the bullet of the engine.
That seal is on the fuel cutoff valve on the engine fuel pump on the accessory support in the bullet of the engine.
Monday, October 13, 2014
A Beaver DHC2 at less than a 1/4 of the price : Broussard MH1521
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