Europhiles everywhere - two problems have come to light in UK/EU:
1 UK/EU legislation came into force a month ago requiring
all aircraft to carry ELT's if going more than 10 mins flying time over
water, or over certain inhospitable territory - do not come back to me if I
have mis-quoted the detail!
The point is that, if an ELT is fitted to an aircraft, it will almost
certainly sink immediately with the aircraft in a ditching situation. The
alternative is to carry a CAA approved PLB - but there are none!
The UK CAA is urgently debating this anomaly, and they have stated - at a UK
meeting on 18 April - that they expect to come up with definitive guidance
on how to overcome this problem in the very near future. Therefore, do not
rush to try to comply with this legislation until the CAA come up with their
guidance.
2 Here at Shobdon, Adrian Lloyd has been working on a 912
that has ingested a small nut; once inside the engine, the nut migrated
between cylinders 1 & 3, doing enormous damage. He has heard - not at first
hand - that this has happened to another engine. He has looked at my
aircraft (now in his workshop for Mod 72 tomorrow) and has come to the
conclusion that the most likely source of the errant nut would have been
---From a nut and bolt securing a P-clip to the plenum chamber.
Therefore, look very closely around your plenum chambers!
David
G-BZAM - UK 265
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