Check out the update I’ve posted on ground running the MT. Everything checked out OK, so I’ll probably start off-loading the fuel tomorrow to update my weight and balance, and make the necessary logbook entries to allow us to taxi and eventually fly. We’re also double checking that our insurance is up-to-date (Beth has her complex […]
Read MoreI got our building buddy Jerry Brainard to come by the hangar this afternoon to check the operation of the new MT with me, just to make sure the prop cycled properly and didn’t leak or do anything untoward. My first impression was it feels bigger than the Catto, though I haven’t checked and don’t […]
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UPDATE: This article says that it was, in fact, a rental from our flight school, although the family was from out of town. This article has a brief video. Here is the NTSB probable cause. Just a quick post so folks don’t worry, there was a crash at out airport with some injuries today. It wasn’t us. It looks […]
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Merry Christmas everyone. Well, it’s been a little hectic this week, but we did get our MT mounted on the fox. Its spinner mounts a little closer to the cowling than our Catto, so I need to clean the cowling just a bit before reinstalling it and running the engine to check the throw. But […]
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We got our MT prop and governor mounted on the fox this week with the help of Jason at the airport maintenance shop. Its spinner mounts a little closer to the cowling than our Catto, so I need to clean the cowling just a bit before reinstalling it and running the engine to check the […]
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I covered this on the blog, but we’re going to be installing a new MT hydraulically-actuated propeller this weekend with help from the airport’s maintenance shop. The constant-speed propeller will allow us a lot of utility that we didn’t have with the Catto, though the plane performed pretty well on the fixed-pitch Catto. We have a […]
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