Very helpful thank you Tam. Expecting to return to flying after a long long break. This will help me to learn the new way ahead via an Ikarus C42... Exciting ! Sub'd :)
@tonyhalsall3170
Ай бұрын
I have no idea how this video came to me but as a fairly long time pilot with a quite a bit of experience on C-42’s I would suggest a couple of modifications to your preliminary walk around based on the fact that the reason we do these things is for safety and to make sure the aircraft won’t fall apart in the air you maybe need to do a bit more than look around the outside and stroke the leading edge 1) engine mounts wear out. Get hold of the prop in both hands and lift it up and down and side to side and turn it to make sure there is no play in the engine bay and gearbox. 2) get hold of the edge of each wing and lift it up and down and move it fore and aft - you are feeling for any play at the wing root. 3) similarly at the tail, get physical with the rudder and horizontal stabiliser AGAIN checking for play in the root. Catastrophic failure is what does pilots and so getting a bit physical with all the connecting points will give you an indication of possible wear/failure at critical joints.
@tamalford
Ай бұрын
Hi Tony. Thanks for your feedback. This video was only meant to be a brief overview of the complete experience of a flight from arriving at the hangar. I am very careful to check everything properly, (as you point out in your comments), but “skipped over” the checks in the video for the sake of time. In hindsight, this gives the wrong message and therefore, I have deleted this video. Thanks again Tam
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