REFLECTOR: Obtaining Repairmans Certificate - Static RPM

John Dibble aminetech at bluefrog.com
Tue Mar 20 10:58:23 CDT 2012


Brian, There's something wrong if you can't get high rpm with 3 blades.  
What is your fuel burn rate at idle?

John

On 3/20/2012 10:20 AM, Brian Michalk wrote:
> Yeah, I think it does.  The FAA knows about it too.  They were all 
> over the "investigation", and had me do a check ride.  After it was 
> all over, the FAA was actually pretty reasonable, except for the CYA 
> parts.
>
> The guy that came to inspect the damage said he'd recommend no further 
> action.  Then, they contacted me for a check ride, and the examiner 
> said it was recommended from the first guy that I go through the check 
> ride.  Whatever.  Interesting comment from the reviewer said, "next 
> time, get the plane back on the runway."
>
> I currently am configured with two blades on the IVO.  The reason is 
> so that I can hit higher RPMs for testing.  One of the issues I 
> identified prior to the first flight was the lack of high RPM testing.
>
> On 3/20/2012 8:53 AM, John Dibble wrote:
>> Does landing in a cornfield count as a flight?
>>
>> Brian.  Are you still using 2 prop blades?
>>
>> John
>>
>> On 3/19/2012 10:50 PM, sbjknox wrote:
>>>
>>> From: "Brian Michalk" <michalk at awpi.com>
>>>
>>> Subject: REFLECTOR: Obtaining Repairmans Certificate
>>>
>>>
>>>> Three years ago I had my first flight and put the plane into a 
>>>> cornfield. Ever since then, I've been rebuilding, and didn't pay 
>>>> any attention to getting my repairmans certificate.  Now, of 
>>>> course, I need to sign off the annual inspection, and could do it 
>>>> myself if I had my certificate.  So, I looked at the form, and it 
>>>> says I have one year from the date of the first flight to get my 
>>>> certificate.
>>>>
>>>> Is this set in stone?  I'm getting ready to go to the SAT FSDO and 
>>>> apply.
>>>
>>> Brian, I think you are becoming forgetful...it was actually nine 
>>> months ago.
>>>
>>> Sid Knox
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