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LittleIronPilot
Well it seems I get to have my first down-time with my aircraft.
From the day I bought it three months ago it has flown/performed flawlessly.
Today I took up a good friend and his girlfriend for her first flight. We flew from my home base, Clayton County-Tara Field (4A7) to Winder (KWDR). Well we overflew Winder and then I took her over Lake Lanier, then it was back to land at Winder and have lunch at the Spitfire Grill.
After a wonderful meal we were off for some bumpy-bumps with the afternoon heating really cooking in the Atlanta area. I got back, taxied to the fuel pumps, saw my passengers off and fueled the plane.
Now the fun begins...for some reason it would not start. It would turn over, but it did not want to seem to fire. I was thinking I had flooded it so I pulled the mixture to clear the engine, pushed it back in and tried again. It tried to fire a few more times then "bam" it fired.....BACKWARDS! I was like WTF? I then tried again and all I got was the spinning whine of the starter. It was not engaging at all. Oh crap...I broke me plane!
Well fortunately I was home and I called my A&P and he drove up with another mechanic, and IA I know and they took a quick look. Yup...something broke though fortunately not the motor to their best knowledge.
I have no idea how much this is going to cost...but fortunately I have a great mechanic that is fair in pricing, so hopefully not too much. I am still bummed though, especially since I was going to fly to Columbia, SC Monday morning for work, now I have to drive. UGH!!!
All of my flying friends told me "welcome to the club" and that all things considered it is not too bad. It should not cost too much and it happened at home....when something breaks that is at least the best one can do.
Somebody hug me. *sigh*
From the day I bought it three months ago it has flown/performed flawlessly.
Today I took up a good friend and his girlfriend for her first flight. We flew from my home base, Clayton County-Tara Field (4A7) to Winder (KWDR). Well we overflew Winder and then I took her over Lake Lanier, then it was back to land at Winder and have lunch at the Spitfire Grill.
After a wonderful meal we were off for some bumpy-bumps with the afternoon heating really cooking in the Atlanta area. I got back, taxied to the fuel pumps, saw my passengers off and fueled the plane.
Now the fun begins...for some reason it would not start. It would turn over, but it did not want to seem to fire. I was thinking I had flooded it so I pulled the mixture to clear the engine, pushed it back in and tried again. It tried to fire a few more times then "bam" it fired.....BACKWARDS! I was like WTF? I then tried again and all I got was the spinning whine of the starter. It was not engaging at all. Oh crap...I broke me plane!
Well fortunately I was home and I called my A&P and he drove up with another mechanic, and IA I know and they took a quick look. Yup...something broke though fortunately not the motor to their best knowledge.
I have no idea how much this is going to cost...but fortunately I have a great mechanic that is fair in pricing, so hopefully not too much. I am still bummed though, especially since I was going to fly to Columbia, SC Monday morning for work, now I have to drive. UGH!!!
All of my flying friends told me "welcome to the club" and that all things considered it is not too bad. It should not cost too much and it happened at home....when something breaks that is at least the best one can do.
Somebody hug me. *sigh*