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- Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Questions about pitting in the camshaft
- Replies: 16
- Views: 697
Re: Questions about pitting in the camshaft
The way Lycomings are built examining the cam/followers requires cylinder removal at the least to get access. There won'y be any outward indications of this wear problem until it's extremely advanced. I've been through this. Inactivity is the culprit and this engine has seen plenty. I would do a co...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Questions about pitting in the camshaft
- Replies: 16
- Views: 697
Re: Questions about pitting in the camshaft
You will have to remove multiple cylinders to inspect all six camshaft lobes. In my case it was only two of the six lobes. Some pictures after teardown:
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Questions about pitting in the camshaft
- Replies: 16
- Views: 697
Re: Questions about pitting in the camshaft
The way Lycomings are built examining the cam/followers requires cylinder removal at the least to get access. There won'y be any outward indications of this wear problem until it's extremely advanced. I've been through this. Inactivity is the culprit and this engine has seen plenty. I would do a cou...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:58 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Lightspeed Delta Zulu
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14560
Re: Lightspeed Delta Zulu
Unique experience today. A firmware update (???) for the Delta Zulu :scratch: I decided to check CO history. It peaked somewhere at 8 PPM. But it never shows that high when I check it in flight. I'm guessing it happened sometime when idling on the ground where the exhaust isn't ripped away with the ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:48 am
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
- Replies: 13
- Views: 740
Re: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
This SB has grown much more stringent over the years as well as more burdensome to comply with. In 2002 we had a rock ding that apparently caused a small puncture/crack in the leading edge of one blade. The nature of an MT prop is such had to be removed so it could be disassembled and the blade repa...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:28 am
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
- Replies: 13
- Views: 740
Re: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
First and foremost, did the event meet the definition of a prop strike as stated in the AD? So far your description doesn't seem to meet that definition. What kind of pylon was it? It was a rubber cone similar to the one seen here: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-21634LIME/Traffic-Cones-and-...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:50 am
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
- Replies: 13
- Views: 740
Re: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
Once upon a time the Lycoming SB would reference just checking things accessible by opening up the accessory case. The new version has an entire engine teardown. Look at all the things they demand to be done.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
- Replies: 13
- Views: 740
Re: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
The 2016 SB revision (I hadn't looked at that before) has this amazingly broad definition of e propeller strike, which includes this: Any incident, whether or not the engine is operating, where repair of the propeller is necessary What constitutes "repair"??? The SB does not include the ex...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
- Replies: 13
- Views: 740
Re: Help!!! Prop Strike questions for a Diamond DA40
First and foremost, did the event meet the definition of a prop strike as stated in the AD? So far your description doesn't seem to meet that definition. What kind of pylon was it?
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:15 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Austro engine reliability and safety
- Replies: 61
- Views: 44291
Re: Austro engine reliability and safety
When Nashville was mentioned I thought it was about this accident (last week, departure to IMC): https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/352204 I see no mention in this of IMC. The fatal leg was from Kentucky and reported engine problems and crashed near the cleared airport. There seems to be some dis...