; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:01:02 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <45.29afbc3.2d2b7eee@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:01:02 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Hobbs Meter X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1073358062" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 370 -------------------------------1073358062 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 1/5/2004 8:12:04 PM Central Standard Time,=20 dannycreech@yahoo.com writes:

All=20 Inspections are
done off the tach.

<<<I'm looking for some input from the collective wisdom of th= e=20 LML. What do you think? The ol' hobbs or the new-fangled SFS timer? Or are b= oth=20 equally as good?>>>

Danny, Ron, Et Al...

Geeeez, I do my inspections off the calendar flip at fiscal year end...= =20 And, I fix everything as it breaks - 100 hours or not. My Hobb's meter= =20 comes on with the master switch - Thus, I got my FAA mandated 40=20 hours logged pretty quick. Tach time shows about 600 hours and th= e=20 Hoobs about 850 - Maybe next year I can park with the 1000 hour experimental= s at=20 OSH if I run my battery down a few times more.

Tach time is for engines, Hobbs is for the loving abuse I give my airfr= ame,=20 aloft or otherwise. Actually, I should count cycles since my brakes an= d=20 wheels only understand the sweet kiss of the pavement.... I know that=20= my=20 wing leading edge maintenance it based on bug and trash impingement levels -= the=20 canopy is only cleaned when the reported visibilty is greater than how=20 far I can see.

I write down both values in my log books so that the accident investiga= tor=20 will be confused.

PS- 100 hrs in a J3 is somewhat different than 100 hrs in a Lancair.

Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

"...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we kn= ow=20 we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there= are=20 some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones w= e=20 don't know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld

-------------------------------1073358062 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/5/2004 8:12:04 PM Central Standard Time, dannycreech@yahoo.com writes: All Inspections are done off the tach. <<>> Danny, Ron, Et Al... Geeeez, I do my inspections off the calendar flip at fiscal year end... And, I fix everything as it breaks - 100 hours or not. My Hobb's meter comes on with the master switch - Thus, I got my FAA mandated 40 hours logged pretty quick. Tach time shows about 600 hours and the Hoobs about 850 - Maybe next year I can park with the 1000 hour experimentals at OSH if I run my battery down a few times more. Tach time is for engines, Hobbs is for the loving abuse I give my airframe, aloft or otherwise. Actually, I should count cycles since my brakes and wheels only understand the sweet kiss of the pavement.... I know that my wing leading edge maintenance it based on bug and trash impingement levels - the canopy is only cleaned when the reported visibilty is greater than how far I can see. I write down both values in my log books so that the accident investigator will be confused. PS- 100 hrs in a J3 is somewhat different than 100 hrs in a Lancair. Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) "...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld -------------------------------1073358062--