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After an annual?
And check under the cowling for breeze clamps being oriented correctly on
SCAT hoses. Once I had a hole worn through the lower cowling on my Cherokee after a shop had the screw part of a heater clamp chafing on the cowling. "Roy Smith" wrote in message ... In article , "BT" wrote: - Log Books are in order, every thing signed off, transponder checks signed off if needed. - A very through preflight, touch everything, is the seat loose in the tracks? I once had a back seat come loose, it was not reinstalled properly. - Check all inspectin panels, internal and external, touch everything - Under the cowl, check all spark plugs and leads, fan belt, alternator wires - Check oil filter is secured (safety wire), oil filler cap and oil level - Check all fuel drains, make sure tanks are filled to the level you want. - Tires should have been removed to grease the bearings, check for proper tightness and cotter pins. - Engine runup, Static RPM check (do you know how to do a static check and what your numbers are?) - Ground VOR Check? - Taxi back, shut it down and do another full preflight, this time checking for every thing and any thing that leaks. - Only fly it back in DAY VFR conditions and SOLO. BT "Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... When you pick up your plane after an annual, is there any special things you do? I'm picking up the club's Lance after its annual today, and flying it back from Batavia NY to Rochester NY (about a 25 minute flight). Do you do any special pre-flight or flight check? I was planning to climb up over the airport to about 4,000 feet so that I'll have some glide cushion if something goes wrong. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ There are mushrooms that can survive weeks, months without air or food. They just dry out and when water comes back, they wake up again. And call the helldesk about their password expiring. -- after Jens Benecke and Tanuki Check all the controls are rigged right. Does left deflection on the yoke really give you left deflection on the ailerons? Ditto for elevator and rudder. I once picked up an Archer that had the electric trim worked on. I ran the trim all the way to one end with the electric thumb switch, and when it reached the end it made a big "CLUNK" noise and wouldn't budge from that position. I'm glad I caught that on the ground. I once picked up a plane from an annual and flew it back home in night IMC. All I can say about that one is that we learn from our mistakes. Check under the cowling. One guy in my club got a really nice Snap-On wrench by doing a good preflight on a plane which had been flown home from an annual the day before. |
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