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hoss
February 16th 10, 03:14 AM
After stowing the engine on a self-launch I heard a high pitched
whine. I turned off the circuit breakers.. The problem is now I can
not extend the engine. The circuit breaker will pop if it is reset.
Any ideas on how to extend a stuck engine? ( other than cutting a hole
in the side of the fuselage)
Brad[_2_]
February 16th 10, 05:10 AM
On Feb 15, 7:14*pm, hoss > wrote:
> After stowing the engine on a self-launch I heard a high pitched
> whine. I turned off the circuit breakers.. The problem is now I can
> not extend the engine. The circuit breaker will pop if it is reset.
> Any ideas on how to extend a stuck engine? ( other than cutting a hole
> in the side of the fuselage)

unbolt the jack screw?

Brad
Craig[_2_]
February 16th 10, 05:43 AM
On Feb 15, 9:10*pm, Brad > wrote:
> On Feb 15, 7:14*pm, hoss > wrote:
>
> > After stowing the engine on a self-launch I heard a high pitched
> > whine. I turned off the circuit breakers.. The problem is now I can
> > not extend the engine. The circuit breaker will pop if it is reset.
> > Any ideas on how to extend a stuck engine? ( other than cutting a hole
> > in the side of the fuselage)
>
> unbolt the jack screw?
>
> Brad

If it comes down to cutting, I'd rather have to repair an engine bay
door than get into the fuselage structure.

Craig
hoss
February 16th 10, 06:16 AM
On Feb 16, 12:43*am, Craig > wrote:
> On Feb 15, 9:10*pm, Brad > wrote:
>
> > On Feb 15, 7:14*pm, hoss > wrote:
>
> > > After stowing the engine on a self-launch I heard a high pitched
> > > whine. I turned off the circuit breakers.. The problem is now I can
> > > not extend the engine. The circuit breaker will pop if it is reset.
> > > Any ideas on how to extend a stuck engine? ( other than cutting a hole
> > > in the side of the fuselage)
>
> > unbolt the jack screw?
>
> > Brad
>
> If it comes down to cutting, I'd rather have to repair an engine bay
> door than get into the fuselage structure.
>
> Craig
> You can manually pull open the engine bay doors and then unbolt them. I just wasn't sure if unbolting the jackscrew actuator was the only option.
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