And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
You're not spinning up to 112 kts and bearing several thousands lbs.
I saw a wheel fall off a BE-1900 after rotation. A mechanic on the field, a senior A&P for a legacy airline, who was moonlighting for a friends maintenance hanger, wasn't 'qualified' to make the repair.
So said the -1900 operator. So they sent him to a major repair station for six hours of instruction. Now that the weight of the paperwork equaled the weight of the aircraft, he made the repair. All in all it took ten+ hours.
And for decades American airlines thought it was OK to send their planes to Third World $hit hole nations for their preventative maintenance. They saved a bunch of money not having to pay American union wages. And heaven knows, the planes never had any mechanical problems or crashes.
The plane landed safely. I was at work on the Friday after New Year's when we got a garbled message that one of our -8s had a lost a wheel in Montreal. A bit of a panic ensued until we confirmed that our airplane wasn't flying. Aircraft wheel bearings have a hard life compared to those on your car. Each mainwheel on a plane supports several tons and has to accelerate from 0 to 100mph (or more) as soon as it touches the runway. All while the grease is congealed due to having been cold-soaked to -30C or less while at altitude. Al_in_Ottawa
I'll take "Things you hate to see" for 400.
ReplyDeleteI use airplane tires on 2 piece rims for my 15 foot bat wing bush hog.
ReplyDeleteI have never had one fall off. keep the wheel bearing greased.
You're not spinning up to 112 kts and bearing several thousands lbs.
DeleteI saw a wheel fall off a BE-1900 after rotation.
A mechanic on the field, a senior A&P for a legacy airline, who was moonlighting for a friends maintenance hanger, wasn't 'qualified' to make the repair.
So said the -1900 operator. So they sent him to a major repair station for six hours of instruction. Now that the weight of the paperwork equaled the weight of the aircraft, he made the repair. All in all it took ten+ hours.
At least it will not be a surprise when they go to land.
ReplyDeleteThey still have one tire left...maybe it has a greased bearing?
ReplyDeleteAnd for decades American airlines thought it was OK to send their planes to Third World $hit hole nations for their preventative maintenance. They saved a bunch of money not having to pay American union wages. And heaven knows, the planes never had any mechanical problems or crashes.
ReplyDeleteThe plane landed safely. I was at work on the Friday after New Year's when we got a garbled message that one of our -8s had a lost a wheel in Montreal. A bit of a panic ensued until we confirmed that our airplane wasn't flying.
ReplyDeleteAircraft wheel bearings have a hard life compared to those on your car. Each mainwheel on a plane supports several tons and has to accelerate from 0 to 100mph (or more) as soon as it touches the runway. All while the grease is congealed due to having been cold-soaked to -30C or less while at altitude.
Al_in_Ottawa