Whoops! ASA MX Nightmare Grounds Fleet
04-04-2009, 06:33 AM
#43
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Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: Captain, CRJ-200, ASA
Posts: 876
Originally Posted by BANYO4
I don't have a crystal ball I just know how bullet proof the CF34 is until you look inside.Iit is a great powerplant but you will always find something on a bore scope when the engine has been on wing for a while. There are all kinds of allowances and even deviations that GE will grant after engineering reviews the requests. With that many being checked at once there will be some headachs. No matter what it is going to suck for MX.
I once sucked in a huge chunk of ice that broke off of the galley water fill port (drain froze and water overflowed). We were doing about 280 at 350 (~450TAS). It q-tipped 4 blades but all we got was a 2.8N1 vib. Pulled the power back and it was back to green. Never had to shut it down, made a precautionary (but not emergency) landing. When we landed we found a 16 inch ball of ice on the side of the airplane.
04-04-2009, 07:06 AM
#44
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Posts: 126
Originally Posted by John Pennekamp
That's why they put them on the A-10. They'll eat almost anything and keep running.
I once sucked in a huge chunk of ice that broke off of the galley water fill port (drain froze and water overflowed). We were doing about 280 at 350 (~450TAS). It q-tipped 4 blades but all we got was a 2.8N1 vib. Pulled the power back and it was back to green. Never had to shut it down, made a precautionary (but not emergency) landing. When we landed we found a 16 inch ball of ice on the side of the airplane.
I once sucked in a huge chunk of ice that broke off of the galley water fill port (drain froze and water overflowed). We were doing about 280 at 350 (~450TAS). It q-tipped 4 blades but all we got was a 2.8N1 vib. Pulled the power back and it was back to green. Never had to shut it down, made a precautionary (but not emergency) landing. When we landed we found a 16 inch ball of ice on the side of the airplane.
