As I taxied up in front of my hangar and swung the tail around after a seven-hour day flying back from California yesterday afternoon, I looked down at my EFIS screen and saw this...
For those who don't read GRT, if you look on the right middle side of the screen, that "600.0" is the total number of hours on the airplane. I had two thoughts as I snapped the picture quickly before shutting down:
1) Wow, that's a lot of hours in two weeks short of two years!
2) Wow, I don't want to go back and add up my fuel bills over that two year time span!!
I have recounted all of the major maintenance milestones I've had over the time here on the forums as they have occurred, but in summary, I think it's been a couple sets of tires, one alternator with wandering voltage, an oil seal on the Vacuum Pump Drive adapter (used for the SD-8 Alternator), oil changes every 50 hours.....and oh yes, a Tach Drive cover!!
Build them to plans, use quality components, be honest with yourself when something doesn't look right and needs to be done over - and you'll be rewarded with a very reliable machine that you can fly anytime.
Paul
For those who don't read GRT, if you look on the right middle side of the screen, that "600.0" is the total number of hours on the airplane. I had two thoughts as I snapped the picture quickly before shutting down:
1) Wow, that's a lot of hours in two weeks short of two years!
2) Wow, I don't want to go back and add up my fuel bills over that two year time span!!
I have recounted all of the major maintenance milestones I've had over the time here on the forums as they have occurred, but in summary, I think it's been a couple sets of tires, one alternator with wandering voltage, an oil seal on the Vacuum Pump Drive adapter (used for the SD-8 Alternator), oil changes every 50 hours.....and oh yes, a Tach Drive cover!!
Build them to plans, use quality components, be honest with yourself when something doesn't look right and needs to be done over - and you'll be rewarded with a very reliable machine that you can fly anytime.
Paul