Recent content by Greg Bockelman

It happens.

Depending on the time on the engine, it might be worth more parted out.

That’s not how I read it.

Pardon my ignorance but who’s Sheriff Bart?

If you start now, you MAY get a room for Oshkosh ‘25.

Damn it, Mark! Shut up! We don’t need to be giving them any stupid ideas. ;)

1 through 3 would be natural questions for or from anyone. Number 4 is a little weird. Just a general comment from an admitted WASP. You can find racism in pretty much any comment if that is what you are looking for. Life would probably be a whole lot easier if one doesn’t go looking for...

What if you did Commercial before instrument?

I was told that airplane wheels tend to be self balancing.

What are the ramifications of over torquing a bolt? AN6 with a castle nut is spec’d at 44 ft lbs but the called for bolt length is about 1, maybe 2/6 of a castle too short for the cotter pin. I know what I am going to do but I would like the collective opinion about using the spec’d bolt and...

LOL. Which question are you answering, Mark?

You would be surprised. But never during a preflight.

We’re talking torque wrenches. I’ve never seen a torque wrench that fits those descriptions.

It would be tight in a 150/152 or most of the other 2 place trainers, i suspect. But I wouldn’t think it would be too much of an issue in any of the 4 place birds. What are you training in? Are you comfortable in it?

IIRC, they just signed one.