yet another annual story - day three (finished)

On Mar 27, 12:21 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I plan on three weeks also, although I can only take one or two days a
week off to work on it. On year it took almost 7 weeks - mostly
scheduling things - I was out of town, then my A&P/IA was on a cruise,
then I was waiting for a part...

Holy crap, what do you guys fly, a DC-3? There just ain't that much
"there" there in a single engine spam can like most of us tool around
in.

Assuming we're talking about a piston single here, what does your A&P
*do* after the first week?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Well, on a Mooney removing all the inspection panels itself is a day,
putting them back is another day. Lubing is almost an entire day, etc.

-Robert

Well, on a Mooney removing all the inspection panels itself is a day,
putting them back is another day. Lubing is almost an entire day, etc.

I just had a deja vu moment -- did we have this discussion last
annual?

So you're saying it takes a full, 8-hour day to remove inspection
panels from a Mooney?

Let's see, even if you can only remove one screw every 60 seconds (and
I hope your A&P isn't *that* slow), that would be 480 screws. Figuring
an average of eight screws per inspection panel (at least that's the
way it is on my plane), you're talking about 60 inspection panels.

Does that leave any room for fuselage?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Mar 27, 1:15 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Well, on a Mooney removing all the inspection panels itself is a day,
putting them back is another day. Lubing is almost an entire day, etc.

I just had a deja vu moment -- did we have this discussion last
annual?

So you're saying it takes a full, 8-hour day to remove inspection
panels from a Mooney?

Let's see, even if you can only remove one screw every 60 seconds (and
I hope your A&P isn't *that* slow), that would be 480 screws. Figuring
an average of eight screws per inspection panel (at least that's the
way it is on my plane), you're talking about 60 inspection panels.

60 is actually pretty close, at least the 480 screws is pretty close.
It may actually be more screws than that. This IA requires that all
the inspection panels be opened. I also do not have the one piece
belly.

-Robert

I recently did an owner assisted annual in about 9 hours total.

Granted it was a very simple airplane that I have maintained for a number of
years and no major ADs or discrepencies were found.

The owner removed and replaced all the floor boards, inspection plates,
fairings, while I did my inspection, AD compliance, leakdown, lube etc.

I keep my ATP Navigator on a Laptop and print out new AD compliance logs and
stick on labels for log entries and he flew out while there was still
daylight.

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A

On Mar 28, 10:34 am, "Tri-Pacer" wrote:
I recently did an owner assisted annual in about 9 hours total.

Granted it was a very simple airplane that I have maintained for a number of
years and no major ADs or discrepencies were found.

The owner removed and replaced all the floor boards, inspection plates,
fairings, while I did my inspection, AD compliance, leakdown, lube etc.

I keep my ATP Navigator on a Laptop and print out new AD compliance logs and
stick on labels for log entries and he flew out while there was still
daylight.

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A

When I had the Aeronca the annuals were very straight forward. The
only hold up was waiting for another A&P to be in town who was small
enough to climb into the tail and inspect the control cables back
there. The A&Ps on the field wouldn't fit.

-Robert