500 hrs on the School Bus

[Weasel]

Today I caught this on the Hobbs.....

To re-cap a little the first flight was on March 28, 2012.

We have been enjoying the airplane with trips to see relatives in other states and other activities that require travel.

A weekend trip to Smith Lake, Al

Last weekend we attended a memorial service in PA.

Very nice FBO at Seilinsgrove, PA.

Maintenance:

• Changed the oil and filter at 50 hr intervals.
• Sent an oil sample to Blackstone Labs every 100 hrs
• Added plane parts axle extensions at 200 hrs. fixed loose wheel pants problem
• Rotated main gear tires on rims at approx 300 hrs (still on original tires but about 1/2 of landings are on turf)
• Removed nose wheel fork and honed, cleaned and re greased nose fork bushing at 425 hrs
• Replaced Champion fine wire plugs due to high resistance at 450 hrs with tempest fine wire
• replaced original massive electrode Bosh plugs with NGK fine wire plugs at 400 hrs
• cleaned air filter at 200 hr intervals

All in all has been a very good airplane. Hope it will continue.

 

[jc11378]

Indicated air Speed

Wessel

Do you get 173 - 174 knots indicated airspeed on a regular basis if you do whats your secret.

That's faster then the stock vans numbers.