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HawkerPilot2015

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 503

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:00 am Post subject: Average yearly use.

A friend is considering a Yak and was curious about the average time people are putting on their birds. 



I put around 30 on mine last year but it was down for two months for a very extensive annual (and the premature birth of my daughter) and then about a month for a compressor problem. 



Curious what you guys are putting on your crates.

steve.fox(at)mac.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:11 am Post subject: Average yearly use.

Last year over 200 hrs



 



On Jun 18, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Tim Gagnon wrote:

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A friend is considering a Yak and was curious about the average time people are putting on their birds.  



 

I put around 30 on mine last year but it was down for two months for a very extensive annual (and the premature birth of my daughter) and then about a month for a compressor problem.  



 

Curious what you guys are putting on your crates. [b]

phcarter(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:17 am Post subject: Average yearly use.

Have been between 100 hr and 200 hr a year.



This has been a bad year (work, maintenance, gas prices, life) ~50 hrs,

hoping to correct.



Biggs



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david(at)mcgirt.net
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:21 am Post subject: Average yearly use.

About 274 hrs last year on my 52 TW..



 



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PeteAbbott(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: Average yearly use.

We put in about 45 hours, but our bird did not give birth.

  

 Pete

  

 N852GC



See what's free at AOL.com. 

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jonboede(at)hotmail.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: Average yearly use.

1,280 hours in 5 years = ~ 250 /year

[quote]From: "Preston Carter" <phcarter(at)aol.com>

Reply-To: yak-list(at)matronics.com

To: <yak-list(at)matronics.com>

Subject: RE: Average yearly use.

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:16:15 -0700

Have been between 100 hr and 200 hr a year.

This has been a bad year (work, maintenance, gas prices, life) ~50 hrs,

hoping to correct.

Biggs

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HawkerPilot2015

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 503

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Average yearly use.

 	  flir47 wrote: 	
		  About 26. I spend more time fixing it than flying it. 	




Whose -50 did you buy?



For the rest of you...GOOD LORD!!! You guys own your own oil company?

Barry Hancock

Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Posts: 53
Location: Chino, CA

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:32 am Post subject: Re: Average yearly use.

950+ in CJ's/Yak-50/-52 in the last 7 years...about 135 a year.

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Barry Hancock
Worldwide Warbirds, Inc.
www.worldwidewarbirds.com
www.cj6.com

ByronMFox(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:39 am Post subject: Average yearly use.

About 115 hours per year for the last 6 years in my CJ

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scott-p(at)texas.net
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:01 pm Post subject: Average yearly use.

About 150 last year in my 55M.



Scott



ByronMFox(at)aol.com wrote:

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		   About 115 hours per year for the last 6 years in my CJ

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jan.mevis(at)informavia.b
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: Average yearly use.

That's a feeling I do share too (had about 40 flying hours last year, and a

multiple of that working on my 50; but every flying hour was a thrill ...).



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HawkerPilot2015

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 503

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: Average yearly use.

 	  flir47 wrote: 	
		   	  Tim Gagnon wrote: 	
		   	  flir47 wrote: 	
		  About 26. I spend more time fixing it than flying it. 	




Whose -50 did you buy?



For the rest of you...GOOD LORD!!! You guys own your own oil company? 	




The 50 was owned by some imbeciles in the past and, I have been working on it every weekend since I got it in April. Also apparently some A&P butcherâ€™s got their hands on over the years too. 



Iâ€™ll get the old girl fixed up and going soon. 	




Seems like that can be an issue with -50's. Some take better care of their cars than they do their airplanes. I am no mechanic so I put some to good use over the past four years. They have returned my airplane to where it is now and I feel great about flying it. 



Did you buy a green one perhaps that was located in CA?

mark.bitterlich(at)navy.m
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: Average yearly use.

I have to admit that while I had one amazing period where I flew about

200 hours with almost NO maintenance issues, the rest of the time has

been spent writing articles for the YAK list on yet one MORE thing that

managed to break at the worst possible moment.  The list seems almost

endless.... And still going.  



Here's a little addendum that can be added to the paper I wrote on the

50 electrical system.  



The Combined Device can be by-passed by applying 28 volts switched power

to the terminal marked like a CAPITAL "A" on the Combined Device itself.

This terminal is on the right hand side above the main contact terminal.

Applying 28 VDC to this terminal will close the MAIN CONTACTOR RELAY

inside of the combined device, connecting the generator to the aircraft

MAINS with no safety provisions what-so-ever.  If you do this with the

MAIN BATTERY SWITCH turned on, and the engine either not running, or at

low idle, you will have reverse current flow to the generator limited

only by the size of the wire.  Another word for this is called a "short

circuit".  You will cause significant damage to the aircraft wiring and

"other stuff" if you make this mistake.  



On the other hand, if you know what you are doing, and have verified

that the generator is indeed putting out a regulated 28 VDC, then doing

this will allow you to start, take-off and fly on the battery alone.

Then at cruise power, you apply 28 volts to this LARGE "A" terminal and

you will manually close the main contactor and charge your battery

in-flight.  



This should by no means be considered a "normal procedure".  However, if

you are stranded west of East Jesus with a generator light and no easy

way home, you can use this method by first testing the generator for

proper output, then putting in an emergency wire to this contact which

will allow you to have manual control of battery charging in order to

get you home.  Of course when doing this, a close eye (as in a GLUED

EYE) should be focused on the aircraft voltage/charging current meter so

that the contactor can be opened at the first sign of irregular

indication.  



Make sure you understand exactly what you are doing/risking before

attempting something like this.  It's just like a fire-arm.  It can

either save your bacon, or put a hole directly into your foot.  



Mark Bitterlich





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cjpilot710(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: Average yearly use.

I put on about 125 to 150 hours per year.Â  I presently have over 1300 hours on a M-14p since new.Â  AtÂ thisÂ point she uses about 1qt of oil every 1.5 hours.Â  At normal cruise I use 15g/h.

   Â 

   Jim "Pappy" Goolsby

 

 

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dabear(at)damned.org
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:15 am Post subject: Average yearly use.

900 hours in 7 years in Yak-52s, CJ6As, and Yak-Chang's.  (with 8 months

of no airplane)

128 hours a year average.



DaBear



Tim Gannon wrote:

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 A friend is considering a Yak and was curious about the average time people are putting on their birds. 



 I put around 30 on mine last year but it was down for two months for a very extensive annual (and the premature birth of my daughter) and then about a month for a compressor problem. 



 Curious what you guys are putting on your crates.

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