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Do you have a pic of @gsxrpilot panel. I did look for one but couldnt find it. So is the general feeling that Aspen still have some life in them, ie tn years or so, or would it be more prudent to do the radios which i HAVE to do due to regs over here, and then wait a year or so to see what else pops out into the stc field?
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Oh ive had that kind of day, ive given up answering about zero time as its going around in circles, GAMA have clearly stated that the engine is zero calendared as well as zero houred, what more do i need. Grrrr i have enough data to defend in a UK court of law if requried and thats all i need. ok small words.... the AI needs to stay i THINK for two reasons.....1. To drive the AP and as a legal backup, whats the point of having a turn and bank when i can have an AI. If the brown stuff hits the revolving thing then lets not make my life too hard if it can be avoided. The EA-100 will give me gpss steering, i believe, but tbh im not sure whether the AI becomes redundant for the ap in that case, i just know i need it as a backup legally. For the altitude / vs select, i know the kfc150 can have that with a few mods, which i think are the two things you have put above. Nice to have if i can get it. I. Flew with a kap140 the other day which had all of that and it was sweet and even talked to you. I do want the aspen to be able to say minimums and 500 etc. Dont really care about the vacuum pump tbh, everyone seems to worry so about them, but im not presurised and if i have electric everything, but a vacuum AI then i have a fail safe. The vacuum pump will also be brand new after the engine is put in anyway. Avionics i will freely admit is an area i know little about. I know what i want them to do, but i think i am very much an IT user asking the developer team to design me a system and i know what it will look like,and so do they, but as we all know those two "look likes" will be completely diffferent.
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Diversity on the transponder is this part of the #metoo campaign? I think (and only think its a gtx 375). Put in before i bought the plane. I agree i honestly cant see any value to me in the G5s. They have to be able to drive an ap and to me only King APs are any good ( ). Thanks re the graphics.
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Ah ok. English difference i think. So the “logbooks return to zero hours amd zero calendar” so yes the whole thing is reset to zero not just the hours, ie 0 ttsn is what zero calendar means over here. So yes i am getting zero timed. Ill also make sure they dont leave any wrenches in the cowling. What your mate had done was what the previous owners had done after one of them dinged the prop on AL I insisted this time that we would rebuild the engine and zero time it.
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Im tempted by that train of thought as well. My only concern is garmins pricing structure, ie will they insist on yearly payments to make x or y function happen, and if for whatever reason we dont pay then they instantly stop working. Im not willing to pay up 15k and then ontop of that pay a software subscription fee, for "maintenance".to keep the charts active I never paid those when i was a CIO as they are basically a very expensive rip off and ill be damned if ill pay for them on my plane. For example my current gps costs 50 a year to keep it upto date, thats a fine figure!
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The gama engine puts in a new roller cam shaft, the ONLY things that are kept are as i have previously stated (already had a roller cam). Yes it comes with a two year warranty, which are looking to extend, something you cant do at Lycoming. With a lycoming rebuild, you will, yes definitely will, have your orginal crank case, they have not made any new ones for a couple of years. Which means you have your original crank as well, just like mine. The question was am i getting a zero timed engine, YES, its in writing from GAMA, the rest is marketting symantics.
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Hmmm why is the gfc which is not certified yet better than an ap that has hundreds of thousands of peoven hours on it, and dont say "its digital" cause thats not an answer.
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Sorry i dont follow, what was not clear about zero calendar? Even lycoming dont say zero time since new, they cant because it isnt, i checked before i went into this process. I hae a zero timed engine with zero hours, and as they say all past history is irrelevant. Look at what is being replaced. as I stated above IF you get a factory rebuilt engine, i get EXACTLY what im getting now, but with someone elses crank and case.
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Avionics..... So the question becomes this. The avidyne i am pretty much sold on, the GNC I need to fly airways in the UK, (got to have two rads), need two altimeters as well. The JPI 830 is a good piece of kit and is already in my paws but not installed. So we have a KFC150, it works very well. The HSI is gently showing its age and not necessarily sending the correct signals to the AP sometimes so needs replacing at some point. The AI/FD works very well. Now what with all the engine work, we decided that rather than using the bank of Andrew we will use the Bank of Chase Brothers so as a consequence we thought, oh ok, now lets look at this panel again what with all the new stuff that is coming out. This led me to thinking about future value etc. So ...... do we carry on with the Aspen, which gives us SVT Traffic Altitude alerting With a box GPSS and add Altitude and VS descent capability to the AP Do we install a Garmin G500 NXI Which is more modern gives me the above not sure it interfaces with Avidyne Not sure how well it drives the KFC150 We will NOT remove the AP, if anything we will wait till Honeywell produce their slide in replacement for the AP We don't get weather over here so we need the Golze thing for that. I know you are about to spend my money, and that doesn't worry me too much, BUT please please don't just quote box numbers at me, as i find them all terribly confusing, let me know what the box does at least. Oh Garmin G5s I dont really see their value, as they are just glass versions of the mechanical things i have already and wont drive the AP, which is CRITICAL to me. Over to you.
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So here is the answer and also why everyone gets SO confused. Mooneyspace. I mentioned that the engine was being 'zero timed' on MS, which is a forum I'm quite active in and was told NO only Lycoming can do that. So I am now confused as I understood we were getting a zero timed engine, if we are not, what ARE we getting in terms of 'name'. I think the point here is are the engine logbooks put back to Zero. This is a common industry misconception! We are overhauling your engine, the log books return to zero hours and zero calendar! We are zero timing your engine, all past history becomes irrelevant! There you go the engine is being zero timed. I also asked a number of questions on the difference around Field Overhauls and Factory Overhauls. Basically the reason you get a NEW logbook when your engine is sent off to Lycoming is they swap your core with one they have already worked on, so your crank and crank case are not the same anymore and dont match the logbook numbers, so you need a new logbook. What is happening to AL is EXACTLY what would happen in Lycoming except, they don't swap out the crank case and shaft, they check it, magnaflux it etc (just like Lycoming do to the one they have swapped to you and just like Lycoming do to your old one that they then put on the shelf for the next customer) to make sure they have no faults, measure it to ensure it is within factory tolerances, (Gama's tolerances are tighter than the factories), exactly as they do in the factory. Had I sent my core to Lycoming they would have used my core back in my engine because they don't have any io-0360-a3b6D cores on the shelf, their distributor here in the UK checked for me. So I am getting a ZERO timed engine re-built back to better than factory tolerances. This is not a field overhaul by any stretch of the imagination. In terms of the "sticky out bang bang bits", im keeping my original rods, and overhauled rocker arms, the rest is new:- Cylinders:- This is where I'm really confused You had the cylinders off on the bottom shelf, containing the valves, tappets, rockers and associated parts, pistons and rings. Is ALL that replaced as part of this overhaul? We will be fitting New Lycoming cylinder kits, the kits include all the valves, springs, pistons and rings etc. We fit new Lycoming tappets and we overhaul your rocker arms. Your original cylinders are scrap. Cam is new as well as previously stated. Hope that clears that confusion up for everyone, please feel free to ask any questions and ill endeavour to help. I am confident i am getting a zero timed engine, rebuilt back to Lycoming factory standards, with paperwork that says the same. "Magnaflux" http://www.rlengines.com/Web_Pages/Magnafluxing.html (just a websie with pretty pictures in case noone knows what this process is.) Now Avionics..........
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Yes agreed, i must admit your post did make me sit up and think as they have always said it is a zero timed engine.
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Gama are approved by Lycoming to zero time. Its not a field overhaul by any stretch of the imagination.
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No not travelling, austrailian flu is a variant of the common flu H1 something that hit australia last year, its quite nasty and has killed 500 over here so far this year as it seems to cause sepsis in some people. It takes about 4 weeks to go but halfway through you begin to fell better then relapse. My problem is i ALWAYS get a chest infection if i get a cold or flu due to a post nasal drip, so i sort of live on sudafed etc to dry me up. The chest infection otherwise puts me on my back. This flu thiugh is funny because you are fine at 10:00 with no symptoms but at 11:00 you are blowing such muck out of your nose it is unreal. Wierd thing but hey ill survive. Ive given it to Andrew and he is about two to three days behind me in the recovery stakes.
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Hi clarence The vacuum is being replaced, magnetos are being overhauled, the cover and harness have been binned insaw yesterday. Oil pump is perfect condition. We have taken the opportunity to zero time the engine in accordance with Lycomings service bulletins for the same. So in addition to that the only things that Gama have found is very very slight surface corrosion on the outside of the case which has been blasted. Miniscule movement in the through bolts which has been fixed, cam drive cog (see pic) was worn so is being replaced as are the tappet tubes. See photos. Otherwise the engine was in excellent condition and would have easily hits its TBO but probably not more than 600 past that due to the through bolt movement. Yep airframe was fine no issues whatsoever. its been crawled all over and checked and nothing found whatsoever. cam? Cog showing where the hard outside material has worn away Tappet tubes showing slight corrosion and damage.
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Hi clarence Thanks so much for this, this is exactly the one. Ill pimg it to gama, i thought it was the cam shaft but thats my old age memory, lol. I am sure they aleady know about it but want to make sure. Apparently, you can have the engine painted any colour you want, so i said screaming pink with glitter, Thanks again. ill post pictures later this week once i have killed off this australian flu i have. Damn criminal colonials,
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I promise to write on how to choose paintshops etc.
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Hi guys, sorry ive been a bit quiet recently. AL had a prop strike on the 15/09/17 that really pissed me off, but hey the co owner was low hours and we have all done stupid things. So long story short she is FINE, but we have taken the opportunity to zero time the engine and have the insurance replace the prop. The engine is being done by GAMA in the UK, and the prop is exactly what she had before. Once the engine is put back on and the prop replaced she then will be flown to Aeroskill in Holland, to make sure everythng has been done to their standards. Gama are giving us EASA and FAA paperwork which is good. I have a question re the engine though, lycoming recently released a very publicised AD with regards to engines recently serviced. I cant remember the number of it though and i want to make sure that GAMA dont miss it, although im sure a company their size wont. Can anyone help? @Clarence perhaps? Thanks in advance Andrew ps avionics upgrade follow after this slight hiccup. Pps why did it take three months from the accident to the engine being removed, ah yes.......suffice to say i began to threaten legal action!
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I did find one of Tom Daley after a dive, where his trunks had fallen off, but felt admin might moan.
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Like what? You REALLY dont want to see me in swimwear.
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Thanks Richard. I have seen this option. Being the anally retentive sort that i am i have asked my cad team to redesign the existing locks to fit the new yokes, we will then get our local friendly metal shop to rework them, have the "hooks" covered in leather to match the yokes so that they dont damage them. Ill send a pic when done. Aerocomfort are missing a trick there i think as they could "modifiy" your control lock for you while your yokes are in their shop. Andrew
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Nice panel. AL wont be getting that though as EASA doesnt let me do some of that. We will put in an Avidyne/Garmin GPS (battle lines still to be drawn on that one ie i like the finctionality of the avidyne, my plane partner likes the interface of the garmin.), if funds permit an Aspen. Upgrade box 2 to 8.33 as well, which might just be a King 165 slide in replacement to the 155 thats there, upgrade the second CDI to show ILS (possibly swap it with the old HSI) Stormscope hidden in the back somewhere, GPSS and a JPI. Make sure the AP is fully functional, servos all nicely spinning properly. Otherwise the panel i have is perfect for me, Dual altimeters, ADF, DME everything i need for ifr flying over here.
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Im working on that asap. Bribery is happening as we speak.
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Oh don't depress me. All I want is a little IFR Gps thingy thing and a little HSI that works properly. What could possibly go wrong. "Well sir there are the known knowns, the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns, but apart from that it will all be fine".
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Well if I win the battle I'm about to enter I should be well rich as they say.
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That's the great thing about Mooneyspace, we all learn from each other. I am happy to share the experience and of others can learn from that then we all win.
