Opening and closing a cowl on a Falcon 7X sounds easy enough, but unless great care is used during the process, you are at a higher risk of damaging the opening prop rods.
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Have you ever waited too long to do a minor repair and have it become a costly, major event? This can also apply to aircraft instruments.
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Landing gear is very susceptible to corrosion, due to its location and exposure to the elements.
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If it’s been more than 14 days and you have flown in any coastal areas around the world, your Citation is overdue for a shower.
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You don’t think much about the temperature sensor in your aircraft’s engine air ducts, until they stop working. Failure can be caused by a number of reasons including cross-threading, broken tabs, or corrosion of the inlet fitting.
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If water is allowed to penetrate the seal between carbon fiber and aluminum, it creates a battery-like environment and can becomes highly corrosive.
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All OEMs allow for time limits, or tolerances, on inspections to be extended for maintenance scheduling purposes. This is helpful when planning for maintenance events around a busy flight calendar.
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Many factors, such as storage conditions or the opening and resealing of the original container, can affect shelf life of de-icers.
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It is costly to polish the leading edge on a regular basis. But it is considerably more costly to let them go for an extended period time.
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Good ideas drive innovation, but without proper evaluation, planning, testing, and certification by experts, they’ll only be good ideas.
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The bottom line is if you are not getting the complete picture from a submitted quote, you should feel comfortable calling the MRO salesperson and having them walk you through it to better understand the proposal details and the ultimate workscope.
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When performing visual inspections of the pneumatic boots, you may find the following types of common damage that reduce optimal performance of your de-icing system.
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An aircraft's battery is one of if not THE highest-maintenance component on board with items due every three months or 100 hours. Yet it is often ignored, abused and left idle for long stretches of time.
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We care deeply about our customers and the communities in which we conduct business and are being proactive in keeping everyone safe.
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We have had many questions from Dassault Falcon Jet operators on the required vs. optional application of CIC (corrosion inhibiting compounds) during various maintenance events.
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