by modestmoo » Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:54 pm
Is ZK-EQP not I/F rated? I remember doing a IFR flight from CH - WL in it, that thing always use to be a ^%#@ to start and I remember my instructor and I spending a considerable (~15 minutes) trying to get it started at WL.
Glad no one was injured in the FJT incident. Unfortunately, not a (total) shock to me - I had it booked all day for a meet at Ashburton about a month ago, we jumped in a bit later than planned due wx, started it up okay only for it to die from about ~ 1100 rpm.. Not good, but it was a cold morning and it had been parked up outside and not used for a couple of days, and I had been mucking around (a bit) with the throttle. Third time left the rpm up a bit higher while getting strapped in, grabbing the ATIS and it seemed to be fine. Taxied over to the grass next to Delta and proceeded with runups, only too find the engine ran extremely rough at idle (~600-700 rpm) and there was quite significant 'stuttering' when power was increased from idle. Couldn't find any cause (all gauges were normal, mag drop was normal), so informed the club on their frequency of the problem and said I didn't feel good about it so taxied it back to the club. Wrote what I had experienced in the log and went back to reception just to further explain the situation and my concern for had I been performing a T&G or been on finals and needed to go around, the engine wouldn't have delivered the power I would have expected / required. While the instructor I spoke to said he would pass it all on Monday, I never heard if they found the cause of the problem or whether it got fixed. Either way, I'm glad I chose to turn back that day before I got off the ground, rather than thinking "it should be fine".
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modestmoo on Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:01 am, edited 1 time in total.
people did complain about em
