Trans-Oz Bonanza flight ends in tears!
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Me thinks Jabawocky punched his biro in there to devalue your aircraft and make you an offer because he loves it so much. He thinks so highly of it that he's been posting all over other forums about how good it was going away with you.
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"he's been posting all over other forums about how good it was going away with you"
Yeah, I get that!
I think it has something to do with my sparkling personality!
Dr
Yeah, I get that!
I think it has something to do with my sparkling personality!
Dr
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Nah...it was definately the aeroplane
You think you got agro...my A36 paint job and interior just turned into a ground up restoration
But I am actually REALLY excited about it....gonna be spending most of my 5 weeks leave in the hangar at YRED working on her under supervision.
She will be one of the best A36s in the country when she emerges in the new year.
You think you got agro...my A36 paint job and interior just turned into a ground up restoration
But I am actually REALLY excited about it....gonna be spending most of my 5 weeks leave in the hangar at YRED working on her under supervision.
She will be one of the best A36s in the country when she emerges in the new year.
Number one cause of both fuel cells springing a leak together? Probably a ham fisted refueller shoving the nozzle further into the tank than what it should be, & nicking the bladder. FTDK, I apologise in advance for that comment if you refuelled the Bo yourself!
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Apology accepted!
You are of course correct - that is a possibility, however, I refuelled the aircraft.
Its actually difficult to shove the nozzle into the tanks on this Bo cause it has locking fuel caps that have a smaller hole than the standard opening on Bonanza/Baron tanks - a bit like the restriction in the fuel pipe of newer cars that only let you fill them with the narrow nozzle on unleaded pumps.
So in this case I am confident that that is not the cause.
Cheers
Dr
Apology accepted!
You are of course correct - that is a possibility, however, I refuelled the aircraft.
Its actually difficult to shove the nozzle into the tanks on this Bo cause it has locking fuel caps that have a smaller hole than the standard opening on Bonanza/Baron tanks - a bit like the restriction in the fuel pipe of newer cars that only let you fill them with the narrow nozzle on unleaded pumps.
So in this case I am confident that that is not the cause.
Cheers
Dr
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Its acually difficult to shove the nozzle into the tanks on this Bo cause it has locking fuel caps that have a smaller hole than the standard opening on Bonanza/Baron tanks - a bit like the restriction in the fuel pipe of newer cars that only let you fill them with the narrow nozzle on unleaded pumps.
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The level only dropped a few inches and suggests the leak is at a point further in towards the fuselage at the top of the tank.
So it holds say 3/4 fuel maybe, as best we can tell. If the tank was drilled by a fuel nozzle you would expect the level to drop to that point.
J
So it holds say 3/4 fuel maybe, as best we can tell. If the tank was drilled by a fuel nozzle you would expect the level to drop to that point.
J
While we're on the subject of Bo's, I believe there is an AGM of the Australian Bonanza Society being held in Renmark this weekend. It's a pity it wasn't on last weekend when I was in town, I would have gone to have a look at all the Bo's (& a few Barons apparently) lined up! 
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Suggestion,
If they both went at the same co-incidental time........ and you've been sitting on the ground for a while out in the sticks (Leonora, etc)......
Check the fuel vents for wasp nests, right up inside. (takes them about 10 minutes..... to find the spot and build)
Had a fuel leak in a Navajo years ago, after refuelling to full tanks, pushed out around the neck seal as the fuel warmed up, found the drain next to the exhaust stub. Ignited the vapour, into the wing space..........
That was in Hobart, the nest belonged to a wasp only found in Qld where the aircraft had resided many years before........
If they both went at the same co-incidental time........ and you've been sitting on the ground for a while out in the sticks (Leonora, etc)......
Check the fuel vents for wasp nests, right up inside. (takes them about 10 minutes..... to find the spot and build)
Had a fuel leak in a Navajo years ago, after refuelling to full tanks, pushed out around the neck seal as the fuel warmed up, found the drain next to the exhaust stub. Ignited the vapour, into the wing space..........
That was in Hobart, the nest belonged to a wasp only found in Qld where the aircraft had resided many years before........
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Okie doke, figured it was a fuel drain but am still a little confused about the wirelocking....take a close look.
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"Had a fuel leak in a Navajo years ago, after refuelling to full tanks, pushed out around the neck seal as the fuel warmed up, found the drain next to the exhaust stub. Ignited the vapour, into the wing space..........
That was in Hobart, the nest belonged to a wasp only found in Qld where the aircraft had resided many years before........ "
Reminds me, also many years ago, also in Hobart - Pilik with fuel leak asked njuner - was advised "fix b4 fly" - pilik knew better - started up, comenced taxi, turned on strobes.........- the rest of the wing is history.
And for this story - I admire the cunning of that wasp, to wait so long before finally deciding to build the nest.
"Had a fuel leak in a Navajo years ago, after refuelling to full tanks, pushed out around the neck seal as the fuel warmed up, found the drain next to the exhaust stub. Ignited the vapour, into the wing space..........
That was in Hobart, the nest belonged to a wasp only found in Qld where the aircraft had resided many years before........ "
Reminds me, also many years ago, also in Hobart - Pilik with fuel leak asked njuner - was advised "fix b4 fly" - pilik knew better - started up, comenced taxi, turned on strobes.........- the rest of the wing is history.
And for this story - I admire the cunning of that wasp, to wait so long before finally deciding to build the nest.
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"Are you too good?"
Goes without saying BSB (!) - but that is not the issue in this instance.
Probably not something that should be posted on the web, but buy me beer sometime and I will give you my reasons.
Dr
PS: Furthermore, I am an INTP (MBTI Personality Type) - we tend to be loners!
Goes without saying BSB (!) - but that is not the issue in this instance.
Probably not something that should be posted on the web, but buy me beer sometime and I will give you my reasons.
Dr
PS: Furthermore, I am an INTP (MBTI Personality Type) - we tend to be loners!
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The nonsense of cut-price aviation!
Just booked to Perth online with the Rat - Yes, going to retrieve the FTDK.
TL - BN - PH cheapest fare was $380.
but interestingly BN - PH cheapest fare was also $380.
so TL - BN obviously costs the Rat nothing to operate !!!
Good for me, I guess, but seems ridiculous none-the-less!
Dr
TL - BN - PH cheapest fare was $380.
but interestingly BN - PH cheapest fare was also $380.
so TL - BN obviously costs the Rat nothing to operate !!!
Good for me, I guess, but seems ridiculous none-the-less!
Dr
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I bet I can't book the TL-BN sector for $0 then ??
I hope its not one of the grubby old foreign 767's eiether! They even make the local ones look good!
J
I hope its not one of the grubby old foreign 767's eiether!
They even make the local ones look good!J
