wjb
Well Known Member
Hi All,
I was able to help an almost AOG -14 today get the fan started after what looked initially like a soft battery. After trying to give it charge, the battery looked fine; wouldn't pull any significant charge current.
Symptoms were that the starter solenoid would click, but we would get no other sound or prop motion. The bus voltage didn't drop when the starter was engaged. Seemed like a starter wiring connection was bad.
However, I did notice that the prop had stopped straight up and down from the previous shutdown.. this seems quite rare; not sure if I've ever seen it stop that way myself.
So, before considering pulling the cowl to investigate, I pulled the prop through for a revolution ... and then we tried starting et voila, she came to life, no issues. A very solid crank and a start.
I'm not sure what the root cause would be here .. anyone care to opine?
I was able to help an almost AOG -14 today get the fan started after what looked initially like a soft battery. After trying to give it charge, the battery looked fine; wouldn't pull any significant charge current.
Symptoms were that the starter solenoid would click, but we would get no other sound or prop motion. The bus voltage didn't drop when the starter was engaged. Seemed like a starter wiring connection was bad.
However, I did notice that the prop had stopped straight up and down from the previous shutdown.. this seems quite rare; not sure if I've ever seen it stop that way myself.
So, before considering pulling the cowl to investigate, I pulled the prop through for a revolution ... and then we tried starting et voila, she came to life, no issues. A very solid crank and a start.
I'm not sure what the root cause would be here .. anyone care to opine?
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