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Pietenpol-List: test flights
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:49 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: "James Dallas"
I was reading the EAA flight testing procedures and the FAA circular on certifications.The only reference I found to records regarding flight testing, is therequirement for a log entry at the end of phase 1 tests. I have been updating my operations manual with test data, is it necessery to keepan detailed flight summary for the record?Dick________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: test flights
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:38 am
by matronics
Original Posted By: Richard Navratil
Dick, I would make a flight test journal, more for your records than anyone elses.Keep a list of what you did, the squawks that you have, and what you didto fix them. If out on a fight and no squawks, then just note the time flown,what you did and where you went. Don't forget to note the landings. Lookingthru the logbooks of older aircraft you can sometimes see the early history ofwhere the plane has been and why. Some have even noted their hamburger runs.Years from now you may get a kick out of it, or someone else might if the aircraftis handed over to another generation.Jim Dallas----- Original Message -----
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:03 am
by matronics
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Dale and I are getting ready to start our A-65 for the first time.What is the proper procedure for priming the oil pump? Plugs have already beeninstalled and tourqued so I would prefer to find a way that doesn't require removingthe plugs.Thanks,Greg CardinalMinneapolis________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 09:01:17 -0400
Re: Pietenpol-List: test flights
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:24 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: Rcaprd(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: test flightsIn a message dated 9/1/04 10:50:53 PM Central Daylight Time, horzpool(at)goldengate.net writes:>Dick,I always have, and still do, keep a fairly detailed flight log...especially during the flight test phase...for the reasons that Jim D. mentioned.Chuck G.________________________________________________________________________________
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:30 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: BARNSTMR(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: In a message dated 9/2/04 7:03:54 AM Central Daylight Time, gcardinal(at)mn.rr.com writes:>Greg,After a long period of time with the tail up level, when I was re-doing the spring struts, the oil pump lost it's prime. I removed the oil pressure line,and made a funnel to fit, to prime my pump. It took quite a while for the oilto run in, maybe a half hour. Chuck G.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:15:03 -0400