silver-eagle
En-Route
Well, I guess it was all my fault. Had I gone flying yesterday, I'd have found out the battery was dead. But NO! I basically goofed off yesterday getting errands like housekeeping, banking, shopping and hanging out with my pooch even though it was CAVU.
Today was supposed to be a long day of flying; north to Jaffrey for a passenger then south to Block Island for some long overdue siteseeing. Weather was CAVU again with a little gusty wind. So as I sat there with barely enough juice to rotate the prop, I wasn't quite in the position to kick myself in the butt. After calling off the pickup, I left the plane for the mechanic to put a new battery in. With a rather full weekend planned on other things, I might not get a chance to fly until next Thursday.
Dang! [selfinflicted kick in the pants] Next time, the heck with errands!
Mechanic said batteries don't usually last more than 5 years. Battery has been swapped out and the plane's ready to go. So how often do you check/change your battery? Does this sound right?
Today was supposed to be a long day of flying; north to Jaffrey for a passenger then south to Block Island for some long overdue siteseeing. Weather was CAVU again with a little gusty wind. So as I sat there with barely enough juice to rotate the prop, I wasn't quite in the position to kick myself in the butt. After calling off the pickup, I left the plane for the mechanic to put a new battery in. With a rather full weekend planned on other things, I might not get a chance to fly until next Thursday.
Dang! [selfinflicted kick in the pants] Next time, the heck with errands!
Mechanic said batteries don't usually last more than 5 years. Battery has been swapped out and the plane's ready to go. So how often do you check/change your battery? Does this sound right?