I think Chuck and Julio are just kidding! I’m sure Julio trusts his planes whose maintenance he is in charge of after all. And Chuck is such a positive character that he never worries about anything and likes to just hop in and fly (no doubt because he trusts Julio so much).
Also, Cessnas don’t have thrusts… Only jets have those. But that would kill the joke, yeah
This reminded me of something I learned from my Dad (A&P/IA for ~40 years). He taught us that trust was a huge part of owning an airplane or car, or motorcycle, or lawn mower, or even toaster. As long as you trust it to work, to not let you down, all was well and you could put whatever you needed to into maintenance. But if it ever let you down enough that you stopped trusting it to be there for you then you might as well sell it. Even if you did a complete overhaul and zero timed everything, once you didn’t trust it to not let you down then it was time to move on. It wasn’t worth the worry.
Just once in my life would I like to fly a plane with more thrust than weight…(I got really close a few times!)
If Cessnas don’t have thrust, what counteracts the drag?
In my pursuit of an Aeronautical Engineering degree, I was taught that in steady flight, thrust is equal to drag. Maybe Cessnas don’t have drag? Then they wouldn’t need any thrust.
In piston and turboprop engines, the thrust is produced primarily by the spinning propeller. In turbofan engines, the majority of the thrust is from the fan which in many respects is similar to a shrouded propeller. Only in turbojet/ramjet engines is the thrust primarily from the jet exhaust. But all powered aircraft have thrust developed by their engine(s), not just jet aircraft.
You build mutual trust between the plane and yourself by a pat on the spinner after each flight! And by having a great mech. working on it helps a lot!
Feeding your mechanic well also helps.
Your left-over lunch from 8 hours ago with bites out of everything doesn’t count.