Go Ahead, Make My Day!

[Frank N. O.]

LOL oh that was such a great one to wake up too! The joke and especially the expression on Julio's face was so funny, even thouh the attempted laughing with a dry throat made me cough then I still enjoyed it 

Frank

[fireflyr]

HEH!
Why is it that mechanics have this adversarial relationship with pilots----it seems to be universal.
Is it because they blame us for breaking "their" airplane whenever they let us use it?

[cj5_pilot]

That certainly isn't limited to just aircraft mechanics....I felt the same way about ham-fisted operators and truck drivers back when I did maintanence 

[Mike]

HEH!
Why is it that mechanics have this adversarial relationship with pilots----it seems to be universal.
Is it because they blame us for breaking "their" airplane whenever they let us use it?

Hmmm... don't know WHY that is... but I sure found a way to turn that fustration into a profit, huh?!?!
and you all can hopefully benefit from it too!! 

[switchtech]

Hmmm ...  I'm planning on building my own "experimental" airplane over the next few years.  Does that mean as mechanic and pilot for the plane I'll spend the rest of my life upset with myself?

jbs

 

[happylanding]

HEH!
Why is it that mechanics have this adversarial relationship with pilots----it seems to be universal.
Is it because they blame us for breaking "their" airplane whenever they let us use it?

Luckily enough I was not blamed yet (and hope it will continue that way!)...it usually happens that the day I go flying, while prechecking, I can never open the oil thingie, to see if it's all right.   I usually use my best smile to ask to any the mechanic on the tarmac to open it for me. hope it keeps going like that, otherwise, without precheck, I wonder if I can take off!

On a more serious side, my first flight instructor was a pilot and a mechanic at the same time. it was quite often the one who forgot the master on........

[Mike]

As a pilot and mechanic myself I would have to say this in all honesty:

If it comes down to it, you'll always lean more towards the mechanic-side.

I don't know why, but the mechanic in you will always win (don't tell Julio !!)

[fireflyr]

Hmmm ...  I'm planning on building my own "experimental" airplane over the next few years.  Does that mean as mechanic and pilot for the plane I'll spend the rest of my life upset with myself?

jbs

 

LOL, HMMMM--Sigmund Freud had a name for that--

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Ah, the vacuum pump. *@#&%$#*&% things...
It'd help if he used the right wrench.
 

[Mike]

Ah, the vacuum pump. *@#&%$#*&% things...
It'd help if he used the right wrench.
 

HA HA !!
Now there is a guy who knows his stuff. 
(again this is a strip that was based on a true story....)

[spacer]

Ah, the vacuum pump. *@#&%$#*&% things...
It'd help if he used the right wrench.
 

HA HA !!
Now there is a guy who knows his stuff. 
(again this is a strip that was based on a true story....)

There'll usually be at least one or two nutz that you just can't seem to reach without a properly contorted
vacuum pump wrench. I've managed without one before... but it ain't fun.
Engineers don't seem to like mechanics very much, ya know.

Try to adjust the rudder cables on a DA20 Katana. Ya gotta pull the fuel tank.
To change the spark plugs on a Chevy Citation (with the V6) you have to pull the motor (yeah, it's a car, but same sort of thing)
To seduce my ex, you have to bring a truckload of... oh, sorry. That'd be TMI.

[Frank N. O.]

ROFL, that was great! But while on the subject, to change the position light bulb on a Peugeot 206 in the passenger side it looks like I need to take out the whole ECU Box!! The low/high beam bulb next to it forces you to remove an extension pipe for the washer fluid bottle, but that seal is anything but tight so it corrodes the wires, one of the ferrymen on the island who has a stationwagon 206 but otherwise same model had that problem recently. The taillights require you to reach in a hole in the body. The Ford Orion (euro Escort mk4 sedan-version like Golf/Jetta) had no such problems for any service front or rear. Heck I even replaced the clutch cable without taking out anything.

I read that's one of several reasons the Porsche aircraft engine failed, that it had bad engine mounts so if one came loose the whole enigne would go loose and it used 3 instead of 2 mounts so it couldn't be fitted to std. aircraft but require special frames. Then there was the weight etc.

Btw Mike you said a true story, which one, the one in the strip or one mentioned in this thread?

I think it's sad that engineers, mechanics and pilots can't be better friends since they all depend on each other and need to work with each other. I for one would be very interested on how the plane was created, and how it's maintained so I'd like to be friends with the mechanics and engineers, but I guess I might be a bit too naive/unrealistic.

Frank

[Mike]

aargh...well....
boats are the same as well just so you know....
To change the starter on my engines you need to remove the whole engine.
(boy, I hope they never go bad !!!)

Again: engineers versus mechanics . . .


The worst vaccum pump ever:
try to change the vaccum pump on the rear engine of a Cessna 337 Skymaster !!!
especially if it's airconditioned!
gotta remove the engine...
most fun I ever had with my pants on!!!     (is there a "sarcastic" smiley ??)

Btw Mike you said a true story, which one, the one in the strip or one mentioned in this thread?

Frank

the strip is based on a true story, Frank!
try changing a vaccum pump and have some customer ask you stupid questions about his plane while you do it and you'll find out. . .   

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Ergh. Gotta love 'em.

The frequent task which convinced me I had to leave my job was the Cessna vacuum filter.
Yeah, the one mounted near the top of the firewall, behind the instrument panel. As my
arthritis got worse, I had to make sure to time the seat rail inspections (uh.... I was just being thorough, cuz
I was the only one who removed the seats to inspect the seatrails... yeah, that's the ticket!)
to coincide with the filter change. This was easy enough, given the time intervals involved.
Then, though, it got tough even with the seats removed.

I got a scare when I had to do a borescope of the control column, as the printed instructions on the AD
had me doing it from underneath, inside the cabin. Lucky for me, an inspection plate allowed me access from
underneath the belly of the airplane, and I was able to complete the inspection in a fraction of the allotted (er, billed)
time. That was right around the time I decided to give it up on a professional level and satisfy my aviation jones
with a homebuilt.

Oh, the DA-20 Katana (and Eclipse) requires that you remove the fuel tank in order to adjust the rudder cable tension.

[Frank N. O.]

Wow, and I thought the Peugeot was hard to service. Are there any hard spots that often needs to be reached on say a Cardinal or Commander 112/114?

Frank