Dare I mention the R22?
Toe goes into water......
Still got ten up to now....
OK, someone asked me a question yesterday and I still can't answer it with confidence.
"Why do you recommend pulling the tail down to check TR gearbox oil contents when the POH makes no mention of this?"
True, it only says 'Full and no leaks".
How do you check it is full, especially on the first pre-flight of the day when all of the oil has sunk to the lower level of the front section of the gearbox, not showing in the sight glass without lowering the tail?
If the R22 had a side viewed sight glass like other types then no tail lowering would be necessary, but it doesn't.
If this is a practice that is recommended elsewhere than the POH (eg. a safety course) then where is the source of the advice? All I can remember is being taught it during 'Helicopter pilot 1/1' and I have used it in my first preflight of the day ever since. That is why I have never questioned it I guess.
BTW, it does show me that I can read what I want to read, even to the point of reading things that are not there because if anyone has read that POH from cover to cover many times and still does so (like I do with all types I fly) its me.....
Food for thought?
Replies will be welcomed!