REFLECTOR: Everybody Else's Fault

[Chuck Jensen]

Maybe it's just me but are the Crazies in Charge.  The following link to
an AOPA article makes interesting reading.

http://www.aopa.org/members/041210faa.html

The logical outcome of this is the FAA will station lawyers in every
control tower.  Will a controller offer or volunteer help or information
more, or less, then the book says?  Not likely.  I'm sure there's a
thousand details missing but when a pilot is told the airport is below
minimums, goes ahead and flies the approach (well within his rights),
then ties the minimum altitude record for that airport....how does that
work?  And its the controllers fault that they didn't tell him what the
alternates were?

This is certainly not to say that the FAA is faultless and doesn't make
more than a few errors, but come on, if the weather is below minimums,
seems like the pilot ought say "this one's on me".  Guess not when you
can win the legal-lottery for a few mil.

Chuck
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-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-admin at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Chris Martin
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:23 AM
To: 'reflector at tvbf.org'; 'reflector at tvbf.org'
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Lycoming IO-540 - very low oil pressure after
flight.


John,

Check the Lycoming web site for information. I recall that there is an
issue similar to yours that is the result of measuring the oil pressure
from the wrong location on the oil gallery. The link below is for the
trouble shooting section.

http://www.lycoming.textron.com/main.jsp?bodyPage=support/troubleshootin
gGui
de/troubleshootingIndex.html


Christopher Martin
christophercmartin at earthlink.net
Why Wait?  Move to EarthLink.


> [Original Message]
> From: John Cervini <john at johnsonlane.com>
> To: <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Date: 2/19/2004 9:08:13 PM
> Subject: REFLECTOR:Lycoming IO-540  - very  low oil pressure after
flight.
>
> I have a 1000 hr TT IO-540, the top end has been rebuilt to 0 hrs by a
> reputable company in Florida (my location).
> I have about 18 running hrs on it so far.
>
> It starts fine and really gets my XL-RG off the ground nicely - plenty
of
> power.  I registered the aircraft in November and I have had 8 flights
in
> phase 1.
> CHT max is around 365 on climb to a few thousand feet.  Upon startup
the
oil
> pressure is around 95 psi then quicky starts to drop to normal range
when
> the engine gets to operating temp.  It's around 50-60 psi by the time
I am
> taxiing.  However, when I land, with the throttle at minimum position,
the
> oil pressure drops to a low value, so low that the Micro Vision
indicator
> goes into alarm (below 18-20 psi).  By design the oil pressure display
goes
> blank to indicate a low pressure warning - which is not a nice thing
to
see.
>
> I imagine the engine as being a metal balloon filled with pressurized
oil
> (while running).  For the pressure to drop, basically there should be
a
> leak.  Since I don't see any oil squirting out of any holes in the
engine
I
> don't know what to look at first.  (very simple analogy on my part)
>
> Any ideas.
>
>
> john cervini
> N444GX
>
>
>
>
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