Lawn Dart
Registered User
Las Vegas, Nv
She was delivered to me three months ago. On that day, it was blowing about 20 with variable gusts to 28. The pilot that brought her in, awed me with his skills, but he was just happy to get her tied down. Needless to say, I didn?t get to go up that day. Ya, I was disappointed to say the least.
After the excitement of receiving my new Cub, and after all the visitors that stopped by had left, it was time sit down and really check her out.
There she sat, in her shinny paint and new glass, but wait?there?s something that needs to be fixed, and oh boy, I better fix that too, and on and on. I generated a two-page squawk sheet that weekend and my A&P hadn?t even looked at her yet!
After the weekend, my A&P showed up and said ? I really hate working outside at tie downs, why don?t you bring it over to my hanger so we can take a look at her?. Once it was inside, he said ?well, it fits pretty good in here, why don?t you just give me (a nominal fee) and leave it here? I should explain that at my airport, there?s a two year waiting list to get into a hanger! and he knows that, God bless him.
Now that I?m out of the weather we can really take a good look at her and we generate another two pages for the squawk sheet, that?s four pages of squawks! 4 pages!!!!
Time to get to work.
There was no Holy Cows, but there sure was a lot of Holy Shits! An example would be the short bolt that we found at the rear elevator pulley that was behind a closed inspection port. It was discovered after I cut open the port and looked inside and saw a bolt that was about 2 threads short of reaching through the lock nut. I reached in and removed the nut and bolt with my fingers and the pulley slipped out and fell to the floor of the fuselage. The result was about 8? of slack in the stick! I've got to tell you that after finding that, I didn?t trust a single part of the plane. NOT ONE SINGLE PART! Another good example would be the hodge-podge of bolts that were used to bolt the prop on!
It?s been three months now, and it?s finally signed off. I?ve been from the spinner to the nav light on the tail and back again. This is most likely (and I?m not bragging, I?m being realistic) the most thoroughly inspected aircraft on this airfield, bar non! Had I flown it on that first day, there?s no way I would have ever know this plane the way that I know it now, and I would have pitched a shit-fit come annual time when my A&P informed me of all the problems that he found ?hey it flys, what?s the big deal??
I?ve also been lucky in that I that I?ve found an old SuperCub instructor that?s going to fly in from about 75 miles away and take me up at 7:00 am tomorrow.
I?m nervous as a whore in church and that?s why I?m up late tonight typing this whole thing. I just can?t get over this nagging feeling that I?ve missed something. I expressed this to my A&P who simply said ?that?s a healthy feeling kid, just keep thinking that way and keep fixing things, then come next annual, all I have to do is a compression check?
I guess I?ll find out in about 9 hours.
After the excitement of receiving my new Cub, and after all the visitors that stopped by had left, it was time sit down and really check her out.
There she sat, in her shinny paint and new glass, but wait?there?s something that needs to be fixed, and oh boy, I better fix that too, and on and on. I generated a two-page squawk sheet that weekend and my A&P hadn?t even looked at her yet!
After the weekend, my A&P showed up and said ? I really hate working outside at tie downs, why don?t you bring it over to my hanger so we can take a look at her?. Once it was inside, he said ?well, it fits pretty good in here, why don?t you just give me (a nominal fee) and leave it here? I should explain that at my airport, there?s a two year waiting list to get into a hanger! and he knows that, God bless him.
Now that I?m out of the weather we can really take a good look at her and we generate another two pages for the squawk sheet, that?s four pages of squawks! 4 pages!!!!
Time to get to work.
There was no Holy Cows, but there sure was a lot of Holy Shits! An example would be the short bolt that we found at the rear elevator pulley that was behind a closed inspection port. It was discovered after I cut open the port and looked inside and saw a bolt that was about 2 threads short of reaching through the lock nut. I reached in and removed the nut and bolt with my fingers and the pulley slipped out and fell to the floor of the fuselage. The result was about 8? of slack in the stick! I've got to tell you that after finding that, I didn?t trust a single part of the plane. NOT ONE SINGLE PART! Another good example would be the hodge-podge of bolts that were used to bolt the prop on!
It?s been three months now, and it?s finally signed off. I?ve been from the spinner to the nav light on the tail and back again. This is most likely (and I?m not bragging, I?m being realistic) the most thoroughly inspected aircraft on this airfield, bar non! Had I flown it on that first day, there?s no way I would have ever know this plane the way that I know it now, and I would have pitched a shit-fit come annual time when my A&P informed me of all the problems that he found ?hey it flys, what?s the big deal??
I?ve also been lucky in that I that I?ve found an old SuperCub instructor that?s going to fly in from about 75 miles away and take me up at 7:00 am tomorrow.
I?m nervous as a whore in church and that?s why I?m up late tonight typing this whole thing. I just can?t get over this nagging feeling that I?ve missed something. I expressed this to my A&P who simply said ?that?s a healthy feeling kid, just keep thinking that way and keep fixing things, then come next annual, all I have to do is a compression check?
I guess I?ll find out in about 9 hours.
