Gene Ledbetter
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 20
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject: BRS repack information |
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Returned from Florida to Cincinnati and the weather immediately
turned cold and wet and windy.
Shut the Firefly down on November 11. Shut down with fogging oil and
added fogging oil to cylinders. Added stabilizer to the fuel and
covered carb and muffler openings
Removed parachute to sent to to BRS for repack. Was very
reasonable. As I recall, it was under $200. When parachute
returned, it came with a new label that said it was only good to
06/08. I called and asked about the short life and he told me that
two years was all a repack was good for unless the chute was
protected and didn't get wet. I told him that my Firefly was hangar
or trailer housed and had never been wet. So he send a new label
with 06/12 as the expiration date. If you are sending your chute to
BRS and it's a soft pack, be sure to tell them that it doesn't get
wet if you want the 6 year repack life
The weather finally got warm this week and I was finally able to get
back into the air on Tuesday. It was glorious. Installed new
plugs. The engine started on the first pull and I used 5 gallons of
the old stabilized fuel without a problem.
Life is good.
Gene Ledbetter
Firefly, new 447, IVO 2 blade, 350 hrs,
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2000 Firefly
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New 447
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