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Glenn
Good to hear N680RR found a good owner who will take good care of her. Co
ngratulations!
Bob Steele
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From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-lis
t-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Hancock
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 7:52 PM
Subject: Commander-List: New Purchase
Well, I wanted to let everyone know that I'm now the official owner of 680R
R. We completed the pre-buy over the weekend with Morris and my new mechan
ic in Athens TN and found a few problems that need to be addressed. I was
hoping to have it flying in time for the September Flyin but not sure I wil
l. The hydraulic system failed when landing in Oklahoma on Sunday and our
ferry permit ended on Sunday so had to leave it there while we get another
permit.
We found some extremely nice people that put it in their hanger and cooked
us ribs and gave us beer for the night. The problem was found in the left
rear wing nacelle. Morris found us the part and we should have it tomorrow
. Hoping to get it going this weekend.
Other issues we found are the props are not cycling very well at all and ne
ed to be rebuilt and the tops of the nacelles have a good number of patches
on them and need to be torn off and redone. Hoping we don't find more pro
blems once we take it apart.
The left engine is leaking a ton of oil but it appears to mostly be coming
from all the hoses. Its also leaking fuel from both engines but appears to
be coming from the intake manifold rubber connections.
The right side of the fuel tanks are leaking and we're not really sure wher
e it's coming from.
The skydrol lines are leaking a little in the connections but looks like we
just need to replace the o-rings in the connection lines.
The pressurization system is working but not very well and according to Mor
ris is most likely the door and window seals having the wrong seals install
ed on them.
There is also burnt oil on the #3 cylinder that we've cleaned and going to
keep an eye on so time will tell on that one.
I'm also going to have to replace the GPS and screen in the plane with some
thing I can fly IFR with because it's all VFR only equipment and is really
old.
I'm extremely excited about my life long dream airplane being this close to
my home base, but at the moment it appears I'm 4 or 5 months out before I'
ll really have it. If it was in annual I would go ahead and get signed off
in it, but since we have to tear it down for that, it makes sense to try t
o do it all together.
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--glenn hancock
You can't win an argument with an ignorant person. They'll just drag you d
own to their level and beat you with experience.
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