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Forum: Tech Log

21st Oct 2018, 00:26

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Piper Meridian PT6-42 - Hot start, or not?

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Posted By rigpiggy

hard to plug in or get fuel when some meathead in...

hard to plug in or get fuel when some meathead in his atr won't move from the pumps/plugs

Forum: Tech Log

18th Apr 2017, 03:57

Replies: 52

Piper Meridian PT6-42 - Hot start, or not?

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Posted By rigpiggy

Lots of places you don't overnight, but 4 hrs...

Lots of places you don't overnight, but 4 hrs at-40 will suck the temps out of even a wrapped engine. As long as the flow dividers didn't freeze-30ish it would start. Otherwise it would start but...

Forum: Tech Log

18th Apr 2017, 03:53

Replies: 52

Piper Meridian PT6-42 - Hot start, or not?

Views: 30,790

Posted By rigpiggy

I can tell you it isn't a problem. Used to...

I can tell you it isn't a problem. Used to torture my old boss, run underneath the porter and make him think he forgot the prop tie... Yes, yes I am!!!

Forum: Tech Log

17th Apr 2017, 16:27

Replies: 52

Piper Meridian PT6-42 - Hot start, or not?

Views: 30,790

Posted By rigpiggy

If you look at most mfr's charts the book numbers...

If you look at most mfr's charts the book numbers work at 96% N1, if you have a good engine, it should then be somewhere around 80c under redline"ish". With 3 shutdowns on pt6's i am very...

Forum: Tech Log

17th Apr 2017, 16:16

Replies: 52

Piper Meridian PT6-42 - Hot start, or not?

Views: 30,790

Posted By rigpiggy

The reason to hold the props is in cold...

The reason to hold the props is in cold environment, you will damage the gearbox, and or blow prop seals when they come out of feather. The standard arctic first flight is f/o holds the rhs,...

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