New Member, Retired LAME

[Guest Retired LAME]

Hi all,

 

I'm a retired LAME and TAFE instructor from Victoria. at the end of this year I will have been associated with aviation for 50 years. I still have a current licence in GA which I probably will try and renew at the next renewal period as the damn thing took too much effort to get just to let some bureaucrat take it away. Originally trained by a major overseas airline in Sydney, went on to a major civilian repair organisation in Bankstown then to Supervisor at a secondary airline in the central west, Chief Engineer of another secondary airline, & finally TAFE in Melbourne before retiring to occasional casual work back on aircraft.

 

Retired LAME.

 

 

[TAA Qwerty]

Hey Retired,

 

Nice to meet you, I could use your knowledge tomorrow. A mate has a small problem with his elevator, it seems to get stiff (stiff to pull) at more than about 40kn. He has had the elevator off to paint, so first step will be to recheck the installation but this is really strange. Any thoughts??

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

Qwerty, from someone I am with at the moment the horizontal stab could be twisting under load and causing the elevator to become stiff. Worth having a close inspection before flying again. Welcome to the forums Retired

 

 

[TAA Qwerty]

Hi Darren

 

That was the first thing I checked. Mate pulled it down and reassembled it this morning. He didn't find anything and couldnt test fly/taxi because we have had 20 kn crosswinds all day.

 

So........I went flying anyway. The guy that built the Plain English Weather Report web site from NZ turned up and wanted to go flying so we went up. YGTO-YMLT(into CTA and orbit the city)-Bridport(the Teapot cafe strip actually for lunch)-YGTO, 1.4 hrs in the mighty Jab. It was a good flight and I enjoyed his company. All landings excellent (I can use the a/c again). And its still blowing like an illegitimate child.

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

Good one you Qwerty Hope you find the cause though. Something about rod-end bearings too you may want to look at.

 

 

[TAA Qwerty]

its all checked and reassembled ready for a test flight next weekend.