Light piston aircraft v. C-19
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Light piston aircraft v. C-19
How long should say a PA28 aircraft not ‘turn a prop’, before it would be sensible to consider using inhibiting oil in the engine?
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Assuming the P28A is equipped with a Lycoming, the relevant service bulletin is L180B. https://www.lycoming.com/content/ser...etter-no-l180b
In which case a flight of at least 1 hour in the cruise is required every 30 days.
Note that as of Friday the UK CAA now permits 'engine health' flights for this very reason. Flights must follow those procedures and there must be a four-week gap between flights:
While the UK Government’s social distancing policy is in place the owner or organisation operating the aircraft must maintain a log of all the aircraft movements.
As a minimum, this must include the purpose of the flight, the aircraft registration, the pilot and their licence number, the flight’s date, time and duration. This log is to be kept and if required provided immediately in electronic form to the CAA.
Only solo flights by fully qualified pilots are permitted. No other flights, including instructional sorties are allowed. Aircraft must not be rented-out or flown for financial gain.
Aircraft must have a valid airworthiness certificate (CofA, Permit or Permit Flight Release Certificate) before a maintenance, ferry or engine health flight can take place.
I did one of these flights on Saturday in my aircraft, it was boring but preferable to inhibiting the engine.
In which case a flight of at least 1 hour in the cruise is required every 30 days.
Note that as of Friday the UK CAA now permits 'engine health' flights for this very reason. Flights must follow those procedures and there must be a four-week gap between flights:
- Each flight must be no more than 30 minutes (or as recommended by the engine manufacturer in order to prevent internal engine corrosion). Aircraft should aim to remain within the airfield circuit. Unless safety of flight requirements dictate, the aircraft should not travel beyond a 10nm radius of its departure aerodrome and no dynamic manoeuvring activity should be flown.
- Each flight should be at the highest practical height to minimise to the noise impact on members of the public maintaining social distancing, and not below 1,000ft AGL except for take-off, approach and landing.
- If the engine manufacturer’s instructions indicate that the engine only needs to be run at idle or at low power whilst on the ground and no other essential maintenance is required, then no flight may be performed.
While the UK Government’s social distancing policy is in place the owner or organisation operating the aircraft must maintain a log of all the aircraft movements.
As a minimum, this must include the purpose of the flight, the aircraft registration, the pilot and their licence number, the flight’s date, time and duration. This log is to be kept and if required provided immediately in electronic form to the CAA.
Only solo flights by fully qualified pilots are permitted. No other flights, including instructional sorties are allowed. Aircraft must not be rented-out or flown for financial gain.
Aircraft must have a valid airworthiness certificate (CofA, Permit or Permit Flight Release Certificate) before a maintenance, ferry or engine health flight can take place.
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From: Cab of a Freight Train
Yep, Click HERE. IT's about 2/3rds down the page, "GA Maintenance Check flights"
