Ed_Wischmeyer
Well Known Member
So the Cessna 340 had its rudder damaged by the jet blast when a jet was doing a full power runup less that 100 yards away (see previous post). There's a company in the midwest that will swap your damaged rudder for one they've already rebuilt and have in stock -- that's about $8,000.
But the rest of the flight controls need to be checked as well, since there was so much wind blast. (My Cessna 175 needed all of them rebuilt after surviving a 74 knot microburst up the tail...)
But the jet blast also rotated the plane in its tiedown, so the gear will have to be swung a few times to make sure that it's still in alignment, and that nothing else is wrong.
The adjuster estimates that the total will be between ten and fifteen grand.
Makes an RV seem really affordable, even if it doesn't carry as much...
But the rest of the flight controls need to be checked as well, since there was so much wind blast. (My Cessna 175 needed all of them rebuilt after surviving a 74 knot microburst up the tail...)
But the jet blast also rotated the plane in its tiedown, so the gear will have to be swung a few times to make sure that it's still in alignment, and that nothing else is wrong.
The adjuster estimates that the total will be between ten and fifteen grand.
Makes an RV seem really affordable, even if it doesn't carry as much...
