Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SFRT - Frenchy on June 06, 2004, 01:13:38 PM

Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on June 06, 2004, 01:13:38 PM
Duxford huri landing gear lock failure (http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13119191,00.html)

Colapsing landing gear is the new fashion this season.

(http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1219720.jpg)
Title: Re: one more bent warbird
Post by: Bodhi on June 06, 2004, 01:19:03 PM
Quote
Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
Duxford huri landing gear lock failure (http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13119191,00.html)

Colapsing landing gear is the new fashion this season.

(http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1219720.jpg)


I am sure that if you were the pile-it, these things would never happen... so you gonna blame BoB flight for having shoddy maintenance and crappy volunteers too?

:rolleyes:
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: Gunslinger on June 06, 2004, 01:31:33 PM
no I think he's saying there is a trend this year of precious WWII warbirds goin down.
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: Bodhi on June 06, 2004, 01:37:49 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Gunslinger
no I think he's saying there is a trend this year of precious WWII warbirds goin down.


Read his posts under the "P-51C crashes" thread, then you will see where I am coming from.
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on June 06, 2004, 01:44:58 PM
It's just normal for little flight time those machines do. All I see is that those rare planes get damaged or destroyed due to mechanical or system failures, not pilot error. Moreover, it's not a rare occurence. So .. as the uninformed dummy that I am, I think that the guys responsible for the maintenance must not be doing everything right.

You are one of those guys, and you got offended because you never overlook anything. It's about the same for me to read this constant BBS France bashing and being French. It's the life in the O'club.:)
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: DJ111 on June 06, 2004, 01:49:03 PM
Blame it on the 109 that tried to vulch him.





:p
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: Bodhi on June 06, 2004, 01:55:45 PM
Quote
Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
So .. as the uninformed dummy that I am, I think that the guys responsible for the maintenance must not be doing everything right.


Or, quite possibly, the aircraft could have crabbed too much on landing, or hit hard enough to have side loaded the down locks enough to cause failure.  It was a fairly common occurence when there were lots of them flying.  


Quote
Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy

You are one of those guys, and you got offended because you never overlook anything. It's about the same for me to read this constant BBS France bashing and being French. It's the life in the O'club.:)


I do get offended when you claim a blanket statement as you did about the CAF, (I am not a member, but I do ALOT with them).  As for me never overlooking anything, thats a luxury I do not have, because if I do overlook something, someone more than likely will die.  THats why my shop, and my guys institute triple and quadruple checks on EVERYTHING we do.  It's expensive, but 12 years and no incidents speaks for itself.  Ever wonder why mechanics are so cranky about how pilots do maintenance write ups?  As a pilot and mechanic, I understand the need for TOTAL knowledge of the problem, not just an assumption that the mechanic will find it...  

Ohh, and for your record, I do not hate France, nor do I bash France.  I will own a home someday in the south of France near Ex someday in the future, as I think it is truly beautiful, and I love the people there.  That said. I think Chirac's leadership is not to my liking, but guess what, I am not French, so I do not have a right to change that leadership.
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: Toad on June 06, 2004, 02:10:25 PM
There's a lot of 60 year old parts on 60 year old warbirds.

When you get to be 60, some of your parts will fail too, no matter how well you inspect and maintain them.
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: DREDIOCK on June 06, 2004, 02:14:38 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Toad
There's a lot of 60 year old parts on 60 year old warbirds.

When you get to be 60, some of your parts will fail too, no matter how well you inspect and maintain them.


Hey Im only 42 and already my landing gear (knees in particular) aint what they used ta be
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: Toad on June 06, 2004, 02:18:16 PM
Well, according to Frenchy, it must be your volunteer mechanic's fault I guess.  ;)
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: straffo on June 06, 2004, 04:18:40 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Bodhi
Read his posts under the "P-51C crashes" thread, then you will see where I am coming from.


Your poor little heart got bruised sweetheart ?

I sympathise.
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: Toad on June 06, 2004, 04:44:21 PM
Nah, just an appropriate comment to someone that is/was speaking about something he didn't really know anything about.
Title: one more bent warbird
Post by: straffo on June 06, 2004, 04:52:22 PM
Perhaps, I just ended the lecture of the other thread (the 51 one).

I can't say I agree with Frenchy nor I disagree.

Concerning my little experience in restauring planes  I know that you can do wrong even trying to to your best with all your heart.

We had unfortunatly the experience 2 year ago sadly it costed 2 lifes :(