Originally Posted by
Krystal n chips
"Mixed feelings " summates maintaining the Jag perfectly.
On the Line, very easy and somebody had obviously given some thought to access...the brake unit held on by a circlip was innovative shall we say, however, a wheel or brake change wasn't that simple due to no jacking points on the u/c. which tended to be time consuming Another little quirk was having to rotate the engine, mid lift in / out, which I never really felt comfortable with and, strangely, the very slender cable when doing a battery change.
Indeed, LRU changes in the main were easy. The engine 3 point turns due to the keel, alas required due to the narrow design, maybe the crackers , detectors and TGT amps could have been put somewhere else. At least one didn't have to break their back to fit a battery. Arced a cable once on a battery, new cable required.
Originally Posted by
Krystal n chips
For 2nd line, or Depth as its now kindly referred to, fuel tank access was "difficult "....however, a special,
very special mention, goes to whoever decided it would be a terribly good idea to provide the titanium heat shields...., without pilot holes and oversized.!
Because the heat shields were made in Britain. We don't need a jig! Amazingly most of the French parts were interchangable. Unlike our bits. Crab unit spring boxs give me nightmares.
Originally Posted by
Krystal n chips
Found the back seat rides to be very comfortable and stable at LL when flying in what would be termed " a good gliding day " conditions.
Overall, the Jag was a winner.
Concur.