Re: Annual Condition Inspection


Subject:    Re: Annual Condition Inspection
From:    robert bean (slyck@frontiernet.net)
Date:    Wed Mar 17 - 10:40 AM
I echo Rick's advice on the 912 but, sensible or not, any A&P can sign 
off your condition inspection regardless of what engine it has on it.
Get the signature and then inspect it using common sense.
BB
MkIII, suzuki
yet to pencil whip my logs for the year.

BTW, I have an even more horrible video I could edit for youtube.   
Should I?
heh heh


On 17, Mar 2010, at 12:22 PM, Richard Girard wrote:

> Dave, FAR 43 Appendix D has every item he should cover on the plane. 
ROAN will have all the latest Service Bulletins and Instructions 
specific to the engine.
> While you're airplane is experimental and the TBO requirements do not 
apply as they would for an S-LSA, you should check to see if your engine 
is in the serial number range to qualify. Nice thing to have in the 
logbook, if nothing else.
> Is he a Rotax mechanic, too? If not, I would be very wary of letting 
him touch the engine. Check ROAN, but I don't think he can sign off for 
the TBO increase if he isn't.
> 
> Rick Girard
> 
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Watkinsdw <david.watkins0@gmail.com> 
wrote:
<david.watkins0@gmail.com>
> 
> Hi, Gang,
> 
> We're about to conduct our Annual, and could use a little help. We've 
found an A&P, (since we're not the original builders,) and he has 
extensive experience w/ building experimentals, but not Kolbs.
> 
> We want to make sure he hits all the hot spots and gives the airplane 
a thorough checkup.
> 
> Does anyone have a checklist that you use for the Annual that  you are 
willing to share?
> 
> Ours is a MK 3 Classic, finished in 2001. We've got a 912ULS and the 
plane and engine are right at 600 hours. Steven Green updated the 
gearbox, having Lockwood add the clutch at about 250 hours. We're 
burning predominently auto gas, w/ occasional 100LL.
> 
> Any help on-list or off-list would be greatly appreciated.
> Dave
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=290615#290615
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