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From: Art Jensen <flycassutts@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [LML] DAR Gear Swing
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Matt,

While I don't remember my DAR, Dave Morris, doing a
gear swing, he did spend half a day going through the
plane.  That was in 2004. He did check all of the rod
ends for freedom of movement and security.  He did
look for torque seal to varify that nothing was over
looked.  Checked all of the engine controls for proper
operation and freedom of movement.  He found a lot of
things for us to fix.  It took us a day to get things
back together and ready for the test flight.  

Funny thing that would made me think twice about test
flying the plane, but the next day Dave is in the
plane getting ready to start and the plastic hand grip
on the control stick came off in his hand.  Who would
have guessed that it was not tight.  You just cannot
be too carefull.

Art Jensen
Legacy 927J

--- Dennis Johnson <pinetownd@volcano.net> wrote:

> Hi Matt,
> 
> The DAR who signed off my Legacy last spring did not
> require a gear swing when he did the inspection.  He
> spent about 45 minutes checking my paperwork and
> about 45 minutes inspecting the airplane.  I had the
> cowling and access covers removed and the wheels
> were sitting on the ground, not on jacks.  He
> verified that the flight controls were free and
> correct and that the throttle, prop, and mixture
> controls operated smoothly throughout the full range
> and that the knobs did not "bottom out" when pushed
> in all the way.  He spent several minutes looking at
> the engine.
> 
> He did a walk around inspection that was similar to
> a good preflight inspection.  He did not check
> torque on any fasteners and did not check the
> "witness" holes in rod end bearings.  I talked to
> him a week before the inspection to make sure that I
> had the airplane the way he wanted it before he came
> to inspect it. 
> 
> Good luck,
> Dennis Johnson
> Legacy #257, now over 100 hours tach time     


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