Wildhorsesracing

Q: Why do 747s have humps? A: So the pilot can sit on his wallet.

If male pilots sit in a cockpit, where do female pilots sit?

I had the same problem with mine, we went to the local auto parts store and brought back a few, I think my belt is a gates unit but the one that is heavy duty for commercial truck applications - only because they didn't have that particular size in standard belts in inventory at the time. Thanks for the post/pix so I can go buy a backup and keep it handy in case it breaks.

I always reply with the AWOS frequency...

I went with the SIRS - very clear and love it - http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/sirs_compass2.php

Order the one piece belly from LASAR and you'll cut that down to under 50 screws

It was easy to get the O-ring out - but a challenge to get the new one back in! We used a ring pick to pull it out and put it back in. I did not replace the leather, just the o-ring.

I usually go full flaps on base - and I usually just look outside at the flaps as well - http://mooneyspace.com/gallery/image/33252-/

FYI - I used to always park my plane with the flaps extended to allow folks easier to enter/exit my plane but found that the hot summers can cause the fluid to expand and cause the valve to become slower and slower. I also think that might have contributed to the need for o-ring replacement. Now I park it with the flaps retracted.

Yes - the O-rings are simple once you have the unit apart, the unit is in a tight place but with some mechanical ability you should be able to remove it, take it apart on the bench and reassemble - I did it with my A&P mentoring me. FWIW: We spent more time looking thru his stock shelves for the proper O-rings than it took me to disassemble & reassemble the pump & valve! YMMV - I build racecars for a living so what I consider easy could prove difficult for some folks.

The valve or the flap cylinder would be the only things that can limit the flaps from retracting.

My flap cylinder had a Tee fitting and a cap, we used a pressure bleeder with the valve open (pulled out) to push fluid back up into the reservoir. Make sure you put a hose on the reservoir cap as it'll make a mess inside the cockpit. I wish I had taken pictures, it was quick and easy to backflush and worked perfectly.

We just found the same thing in mine last week during the annual, replaced all three O-rings and it works fine. It's actually a pretty simple but messy task. Took about two hours to R&R and replace the rings.

Howdy all, Every forum I belong to usually has a thread where folks can add the latest joke or anecdote about the forum's subject matter. Usually everyone adds their jokes to the end of the thread and it eventually becomes quite the humorous read when you are sitting somewhere waiting for weather to pass. I received this joke in my email today and thought it would be funny to pass on: Why Pilots are always Honest.... A Pilot Parable One day, while an old pilot was cutting the branch off a tree high above a river, his ax fell into the river. When he cried out, an angel appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?" The aviator replied that his ax had fallen into water, and he needed the ax to supplement his meager pension. The angel went down into the water and reappeared with a golden ax. "Is this your ax?" the angel asked. The aviator replied, "No." The angel again went down and came up with a silver ax. "Is this your Ax?" the the angel asked. Again, the aviator replied, "No." The angel went down again and came up with an iron ax. "Is this your Ax?" the angel asked. The aviator replied, "Yes." The angel was pleased with the aviator's honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the aviator went home happy. Sometime later the aviator was walking with his woman along the river bank, and his woman fell into the river. When he cried out, the angel again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?" "Oh angel, my woman has fallen into the water!" The angel went down into the water and came up with Angelina Jolie. "Is this your woman?" the angel asked. "Yes," cried the aviator. The angel was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!" The Pilot replied, "Oh, forgive me angel. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Angelina Jolie, You would have come up with Cameron Diaz. Then if I said 'no' to her, you would have come up with my woman. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. And angel, I am an old man not able to take care of all three women in a way that they deserve, that's why I said yes to Angelina Jolie." And the angel was pleased. The moral of this story is: Whenever a Pilot lies, it is for a good and honorable reason, and only for the benefit of others!

Sweet! But I can't help but think that if one of those engines quits then it quickly becomes a lawn dart!

I ride an '89 FJ1200

I am just interested in the simplicity of the new design, no worries about mixture, etc. All of that stuff could easily be added to our antique engines with great success, but alas paperwork has ground it to a halt...