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Charles Heathco
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 Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:11 am Post subject: Stupid SB |
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What a bunch of crap! I have an experimental. I DONT have to adhere to an SB! One, maybe 2 have come loose?? big deal. I deceide if my plane should be grounded. and I dont think it needs to be. Besides both cases of problem came with plenty of warning, both cases the warning was disreguarded. Charles Heathco
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Ed Anderson
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:05 am Post subject: Stupid SB |
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Charles, I agree you certainly don't have to comply to fly. However, your
insurance company may take a different viewpoint should a mishap befall you
related to this SB.
In my case, there was absolutely no advanced warning. On one flight I
could use down to the last cup of fuel in the tank with the flop tube and
the next flight I could not access the last 3.5 gallons. So there was no
advanced warning (in my case) before it fell off.
However, unless that is your last 3.5 gallons ( not a wise way to fly
{:>)), then you could simply switch fuel tanks - which I stupidly did not do
because I convinced myself that I had 3.5 gallons remaining (I did) and
therefore my problem was a plugged up fuel filter (it was not).
In fact, I was convinced (once I found out it was not a plugged filter) that
my flop tube had simply hung up on something in the tank. It was not until
after several flights where I unsuccessfully attempted to dislodge the "hung
up" flop tube (each time the engine would start to sputter when the fuel
level in that tank reach approx 3.5 gallons) by vigorously rocking the
wings, that I bit the bullet and took off the tank to discover the flop tube
was disconnected (after 160 hours of flight).
FWIW
Ed
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luckymacy(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: Stupid SB |
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The warning apparently wasn't disregarded. It was addressed but misdiagnosed and the subsequent inflight engine restart checklist not followed when there was all indications time to dig it out and follow it.
Having said that, it boils down to what the insurance company's stand is going to be for most of us, I'm sure...
Lucky
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What a bunch of crap! I have an experimental. I DONT have to adhere to an SB!
One, maybe 2 have come loose?? big deal. I deceide if my plane should be
grounded. and I dont think it needs to be. Besides both cases of problem came
with plenty of warning, both cases the warning was disreguarded. Charles Heathco
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The warning apparently wasn't disregarded. It was addressed but misdiagnosed and the subsequentinflight engine restart checklist not followed when there was all indications time to dig it out and follow it.
Having said that, it boils down to what the insurance company's stand is going to be for most of us, I'm sure...
Lucky
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From: "charles heathco" cheathco(at)junct.com
-- RV-List message posted by: "charles heathco" <CHEATHCO(at)JUNCT.COM>
What a bunch of crap! I have an experimental. I DONT have to adhere to an SB!
One, maybe 2 have come loose?? big deal. I deceide if my plane should be
grounded. and I dont think it needs to be. Besides both cases of problem came
with plenty of warning, both cases the warning was disreguarded. Charles Heathco
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