Would you fly this Aircraft?

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Who said this was a low-wing twin?

Do you know of a high-wing twin that uses "C172 engines"? (as stated in the
original post)

Champion Lancer


But I don't know of any twin in recent production that uses
any of the same type of engine that a Cessna 172 uses.


"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Who said this was a low-wing twin?

Beside the fact that, in a subsequent post the OP actually explicitly stated
that the airplane is a low-wing twin (prior to John's post).

I didn't see that, did they also actually state the
make/model?


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"Jim Macklin" wrote in

Who said this was a low-wing twin?

Would it be a normally aspirated, carburetted, high-wing twin with a brace
of 140-160hp engines? You don't trip over them every day.

Jim Macklin wrote:
Who said this was a low-wing twin?


No idea but there is always Cessnas Skymaster CLT if you want a
highwing twin :-)

"C J Southern" wrote in message
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I'd be interested in "go/no-go" opinions of others, based solely on the
following information ...

"Naturally aspirated, .......

Pointless question. Insufficient data for any kind of decision.
Presumably, you'd preflight the aircraft anyway, which obviates your above
question.

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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Pointless question. Insufficient data for any kind of decision.
Presumably, you'd preflight the aircraft anyway, which obviates your above
question.

Not really. For me, the question is do I bother making the trip to the
airport, or do I wait for someone else to be the "canary in a cage". I've
also got a slightly nervous a passenger to consider - last thing I want is
an engine fire with a nervous passenger sitting right next to it.

The crux of the question really is "if the licenced and qualified engineer -
who would get paid for fixing the problem if there was a problem - says that
it's OK, does one trust that? As a pilot I won't be able to see where the
leak is coming from without removing the cowling - which is engineer only
territory.

Part 2 of the question is "why would full tanks cause this - why wouldn't
the excess get squeezed out the tank vents"?

The crux of the question really is "if the licenced and qualified engineer -
who would get paid for fixing the problem if there was a problem - says that
it's OK, does one trust that?

Do you trust the FBO? Why or why not? Follow the money.

Part 2 of the question is "why would full tanks cause this - why wouldn't
the excess get squeezed out the tank vents"?

That by itself, and no explanation from the "licensed and qualified
engineer" as to what caused it, would cause me to let somebody else be
the guinea pig.

Jose
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The crux of the question really is "if the licenced and qualified
engineer -
who would get paid for fixing the problem if there was a problem - says
that
it's OK, does one trust that?

Do you trust the FBO? Why or why not? Follow the money.

From a FBO position it's really not a "money thing" (I used to run the
outfit, and I know that that doesn't enter into it) - as far as trusting
engineers go, well, it's been my experience that they know their stuff
pretty well, but like all of us they make mistakes - and I've been around
the game long enough to have experienced many situations where the aircraft
has gone into the shop with 1 fault, and come out with 2 new ones - so I
guess you could say that a "healthy dose of suspicion goes a long way in
this business".