fantom Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 And in a nutshell that is what is wrong with general aviation today a 10 cent part for $44.50!!!! Ten cents for the part and $44.40 for all the FAA self serving CYA paperwork, and the legal/liability reserve needed to defend themselves after some unfortunate pilot augers in and happened to have those ten cent straps. The grieving family is then induced to sue anyone who ever came in contact with the aircraft for any reason. Think of it as a death lotto to assuage their pain and suffering. It isn't just a GA issue, it's the selfish greed everywhere, that's encouraged by the legal community that profits handsomely from it. Nope, it ain't GA, it's our way of life....unfortunately. 1 Quote
jetdriven Posted March 2, 2014 Report Posted March 2, 2014 Try 2500$ for a Shaw fuel cap. Or 100$ for the o-rings on their fuel caps. A few years ago they were bought by some company and the first thing they did was double all the prices. Then doubled them again. Is it lawsuits? Or is it sole-source corner the market greed? 1 Quote
M016576 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Posted March 2, 2014 Try 2500$ for a Shaw fuel cap. Or 100$ for the o-rings on their fuel caps. A few years ago they were bought by some company and the first thing they did was double all the prices. Then doubled them again. Is it lawsuits? Or is it sole-source corner the market greed? 250 bucks for a crap 12v battery. Hope the concordes do better than my last gills... I'm going with greed. Quote
RJBrown Posted March 2, 2014 Report Posted March 2, 2014 Greed and an inept government. As for the batteries. We get junk batteries because the battery companies can't change to improved versions of them without recertification. The rules meant to guarantee good parts only guarantees outdated technology and shoddy parts. Quote
fantom Posted March 2, 2014 Report Posted March 2, 2014 ....Is it lawsuits? Or is it sole-source corner the market greed? When we get past the raw emotion, it's the same, at every level up the food chain, and enabled by a complicit federal bureaucracy, whose primary motivation is to keep the jobs many of them are painfully unqualified for. And the protections required due to inevitable lawsuits and the ridiculous, bloated, nanny state bureaucracy that discourages, if not prevents, healthy 'multi source' competition. Let's have even more legislation, crafted by you know who, to further 'protect' us. Yeah, right Quote
jetdriven Posted March 2, 2014 Report Posted March 2, 2014 I think it's more outsourcing of parts as cost cutting while charging the same. Its easy to blame the Gummint but there is very little oversight of repair stations. I think its more greed than anything. Perhaps I'm the only one noticing that half of the new stuff you buy doesn't work out of the box or fails shortly. Take a look at the lycoming cam spalling situation, or slick mags. Or the 1200$ dukes fuel pump that failed the first flight. Or the new Desser tube that was leaking all around the valve core bonding patch before I could even go fly it. My boss just spent 900$ on a new screen for his King Nav KY-196 I think it was. We went to go fly it. It will unflag the nav needle but it won't move now. Then the flip flop button doesn't work. An hour later the display failed again. 900$ right out of the King factory and it didn't work properly nor last an hour. And my bendix 1200 mags. 7 hours after install the left one failed. Points stuck closed, they were crooked and the adjustment screw slid over which didnt allow the points to open. And suspect the E-gap on its replacement isnt set right as it drops 25 RPM more than the right mag. We have also had 4 or 5 Slick mag coil failures in the shop just in the last 6 months. Some had 250 hours since new. Perhaps if these parts conformed to their design specifications we wouldn't be having all these problems. I have given up hope on product improvement, although it would be easy to do. I've been flying 20 years and we didn't used to have so many problems with batteries, continental starter adapters, lifters and cams, fuel pumps, etc. the stuff just isn't as good as it used to be. As far as I'm concerned, it didn't conform to its design specifications when rebuilt. Quote
carqwik Posted March 2, 2014 Report Posted March 2, 2014 The nylon lanyards can be attached at room temperature using a "cotter pin removal" tool. You cannot stretch the nylon enough over the anchors using your hands/fingers alone at room temps...BTTT (been there, tried that). Using a tool it is a more simple job although you will think the nylon will break seeing how much it does stretch... 1 Quote
M20S Driver Posted March 2, 2014 Report Posted March 2, 2014 The nylon lanyards can be attached at room temperature using a "cotter pin removal" tool. You cannot stretch the nylon enough over the anchors using your hands/fingers alone at room temps...BTTT (been there, tried that). Using a tool it is a more simple job although you will think the nylon will break seeing how much it does stretch... Thanks. I will try that. I used hot water to soften it but it was still impossible to install by hand. Masoud Quote
M20S Driver Posted March 14, 2014 Report Posted March 14, 2014 The nylon lanyards can be attached at room temperature using a "cotter pin removal" tool. You cannot stretch the nylon enough over the anchors using your hands/fingers alone at room temps...BTTT (been there, tried that). Using a tool it is a more simple job although you will think the nylon will break seeing how much it does stretch... Thanks for the tip Carqwik. Cotter pin removal tool made it a lot easier to install. Masoud Quote
M20S Driver Posted March 14, 2014 Report Posted March 14, 2014 FWIW, Mooney bladders used to come with nylon lanyards installed on the fuel caps. By the time O&N installed mine in 2008, though, they no longer were using them. Removing them might be an even better option than replacing them. My understanding is that on the newer Mooneys they are ok to install. They don't interfere with the fuel gage on the long body version of Mooneys. Masoud Quote
SkyPilot Posted March 14, 2014 Report Posted March 14, 2014 I lost a fuel cap from a Caravan during takeoff once. Although I didn't fuel the airplane, I made the mistake of trusting the gas gumby had re-installed them properly. The airport manager picked it up later on. (Luckily). The good thing is that it fell off and didn't flap around in the breeze for 2 hours on the way to the lake. It could have been an expensive paint and metal repair otherwise. It's a little harder to miss that kind of thing on a low winged wheeled airplane. Quote
carusoam Posted March 14, 2014 Report Posted March 14, 2014 This would be The one reason that I use the PIC is last to touch all doors and fuel caps rule... Fuel Gumby is running out of opportunities. But, he is still allowed to fill your plain. Best regards, -a- Quote
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