What Bugs You The Most?

Of course everyone thinks their plane is wonderful, but every plane has at least
one annoying 'feature'. I don't want to hear about cabin width or cruise speed,
but that minor gremlin you would fix if money was free and time replaceable.

In my plane, the overflow vent vents too much and full tanks cause it to
drip. Yes, I know how to fix it, and probably will next annual, but right now
it bugs me.

If your plane is a Cessna 150/152, you will never get that fixed. They all do it and
there's no way to stop it short of redesigning the fuel system.

For me, mine has an odd cold starting gremlin. (Lycoming IO-360) It will rarely
start the first time, no matter how long I run the starter or how long I prime it
with the aux pump. However, it will start on the 2nd blade every time the second
time I run the starter. Weird.

Best regards,

Steve Robertson
N4732J 1967 Beechcraft Musketeer Super III

Charles Talleyrand wrote:

> Of course everyone thinks their plane is wonderful, but every plane has at least
> one annoying 'feature'. I don't want to hear about cabin width or cruise speed,
> but that minor gremlin you would fix if money was free and time replaceable.
>
> In my plane, the overflow vent vents too much and full tanks cause it to
> drip. Yes, I know how to fix it, and probably will next annual, but right now
> it bugs me.

<e.drucker.remove@> wrote in message
news:QSB0b.15393$kK4.13608@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> On our Arrow (as on all of the larger 4-place Cherokee-derived airframes)
> with the baggage door secured in the open position it is awkward, and
> possibly even dangerous, to use the wing walk for entry and egress. IMHO
> the baggage door should be on the other side of the plane.
>
> -Elliott Drucker

That really is annoying how the open door basically blocks the hand hold...
but i've always thought of it as a safety feature. Can't easily forget
about the door if it's blocking you on the way up.

--Mike

ben@ben.com (Ben Jackson) wrote:

> Steve Robertson <ke4ohm> wrote:
> >For me, mine has an odd cold starting gremlin. (Lycoming IO-360) It will rarely
> >start the first time, no matter how long I run the starter or how long I
> >prime it
> >with the aux pump. However, it will start on the 2nd blade every time the second
> >time I run the starter. Weird.
>
> You sure the aux pump is working? Could be you're priming by cranking
> the engine pump which gets you the start on the second crank.

Not to say it can't be the aux pump, but I get the same symptom in my
Skyhawk, which has no fuel pump at all. In fact, it's finicky enough
that about a 4-second delay between crankings is best to guarantee a
start on the second try.

Jim Rosinski
N3825Q