Post by skoker on May 1st, 2012 at 12:30am
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Even that you need to reshape every so often... ;D
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Title: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by smeely on Apr 30th, 2012 at 3:35am
What would be the lowest maintenance aircraft available today? I would like to know both single and twin. Piston, Turboprop, and Jet.
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by expat on Apr 30th, 2012 at 4:40am smeely wrote on Apr 30th, 2012 at 3:35am:
As a licensed aircraft engineer, I can tell you one sure thing about aviation.................There is no such thing as a low maintenance aircraft, well not as long as you want to live to a ripe old age..... Matt |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by smeely on Apr 30th, 2012 at 4:45am
well... yea, nothing isn't really low maintenance, but i know that there are some planes that you fly for one hour and then spend the next couple in the hanger fixing things... and then the Beechcraft kingair B200 needs a landing gear referbish every year which is expencive.
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by skoker on May 1st, 2012 at 12:30am ::) Even that you need to reshape every so often... ;D |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by wahubna on Jun 14th, 2012 at 6:39pm smeely wrote on Apr 30th, 2012 at 3:35am:
USUALLY single engined piston planes with fixed gear and that are not high-performance are the most low-maintenance. But as Matt indicates, that varies heavily. |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by DaveSims on Jun 14th, 2012 at 7:36pm
That can vary even among the same model aircraft. When I was in college, we had a whole fleet of identical Cessna 172s that were all built and delivered together. Some rarely had a gripe and needed nothing but routine maintenance. Some spent more time in pieces than flying. Aircraft just have personalities like that.
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by expat on Jun 15th, 2012 at 3:05am DaveSims wrote on Jun 14th, 2012 at 7:36pm:
I work on a fleet of 737-800 and A320's. When I see certain tail numbers on the maintenance plan, I run for the hills. A particular range of tail numbers on our 737 fleet, and I want to shoot myself in the head rather than work on them. I know before they arrive that they will have a certain problem that will require my attention. Matt |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by Fozzer on Jun 15th, 2012 at 3:45am
Cheapest piston Aircraft to own, operate, and run, etc?...
Probably a Microlight/Ultralight...>>> http://www.planepictures.net/netsearch4.cgi?srch=Island+Microlight+Club&stype=airline&srng=2 ..or similar.... ...also includes lots of fun! Paul.... :)...! |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by wahubna on Jun 15th, 2012 at 4:49am expat wrote on Jun 15th, 2012 at 3:05am:
We get the same reaction at WACO with certain serial numbers. ;D Heck our showcase plane is a little....how should I put this. Um.."special" in the yaw stability area compared to other YMFs. ::) Every plane has its own mind. Referring to them as 'shes' is usually all to appropriate ;) They can be just like women! |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by jetprop on Jun 17th, 2012 at 10:28am wahubna wrote on Jun 15th, 2012 at 4:49am:
No. Aircraft don't smack you. |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by wahubna on Jun 17th, 2012 at 1:56pm jetprop wrote on Jun 17th, 2012 at 10:28am:
;D ;D Very true! Speaking of which my wife has not slapped me yet today....uhoh |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by Jean Loup on Jan 15th, 2013 at 3:07pm wahubna wrote on Jun 14th, 2012 at 6:39pm:
I have seen a Piper Cub landing in a jungle grass strip, when the left main colapsed up & it touched ground in a perfect 3 point landing: the right wheel, the tail wheel & the left wing tip. Not even a paint scrach! In my Land/Rover 109 '58 year pick-up, we went to near village Tacotalpa, got a bolt & nut plus roundels from a hardware store, put the jack under the Cub, replace the mising central bolt that holds left landing gear on it's place, took off & never saw that fumigator pilot any more ... In Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca; I was waiting for my Sklydive turn when the Cessna 180 that carried us 12,000 feet high, lost a wheel after touch down, (the left one too ... there must be a curse on left landing gear wheels!) It only did a 180 degrees when coming to a stop. Problem after we recovered the wheel was the hub had cracked. Captain Vega, the local airline owner & pilot (in a Cessna twin on those days, the DC-3 was retired recently) had surplus assorted parts, for a just in case situation. Among them was a Cessna main wheell! The brake disc is part of the hub & was not the same thicness. The local lathe shop thinne it out to the broken original one specs. Then we went for my Skydive,. almost at sunset. The sun was up from the Cessna view at 12,000 nfeet high, but Pueto escondido was already in shadows, down there. THEH BEST jump of my life! This could be included in low maintenance: those that have to be done in the boondocks! |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by Jean Loup on Jan 15th, 2013 at 3:21pm wahubna wrote on Jun 15th, 2012 at 4:49am:
What are the three unpredictabe Double U's? W-eather, W-aves, & WOMEN! (tail dragers should have a "W' included ...) |
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Title: Re: Low maintenance Aircraft Post by Fozzer on Jan 15th, 2013 at 3:26pm
Low maintenance Aircraft?... ;)....
Jordan (Skoker) hit the nail on the head, away back.... :)....>>> Paper Aeroplane..>>> http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Paper+Airplane&x=0&y=0 A couple there....very fast... :D.....but useless in wet weather... :'(...! Paul... ;D...! We use the 1.10 MB model for Multiplayer air-show spectator aircraft...(low polygon model). |
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