Skyking, Jerry, and Bob, et al:

Background:

Let me give further explanation which was intentionally omitted in my original message due to time contraints (toddler stuff).

I originally lost power to my flaps last August (stuck in retracted position). My A&P was able to fix the problem by replacing the flap down limit switch.

I lost power to my flaps again in February. I was in Charleston, SC and they were stuck down just barely (appx 3 degrees). I messed around with the motor, checking connections, etc. without success. Then I went to the switches up front. I messed around with those (Bob, you'll have to excuse my overly technical terms, please try to keep up with me), checking for connections, current to them, etc. However, one of the times that I manually made the switch, the flaps completely retracted, which I considered a good thing! (There was no current shown on the meter getting to switches after I was done messing with the switches, but it retracted anyway.) So I flew without flaps.

After I got back to GMU, I took it to my A&P, who informed me that the flap motor was shot and not worth trying to rebuild, and that I probably just got lucky with the switch getting some current after I jostled the motor around a bit (brushes or something made contact again). He then told me that there was a mod for the flap system which I needed to get.

NOW, remember, this was in February, BEFORE I knew of this board, any of you, or any other Skymaster owners. In addition, he has always been honest and pretty fair with me, and I still have no reason not to trust him. So, with that disclaimer given, I proceed proclaiming my ignorance.

He said that he had to order the system, but it took3-4 months to get. He installed the motor which works with the new system (but still didn't give me operational flaps because it was for the new system only, not my existing) and I waited. (Yes, flying without flaps since February makes you appreciate them once you have them again.)

I got the call a couple of weeks ago that the parts were in. So, he installed them, it works great, but it was, in my simple, small and cheap mind, very expensive. $800 parts and 26 hours labor.

So, with that background . . . .

Skyking: Not only is the cart before the horse, the horse is out of the barn, etc. But, you takes 'em as you finds 'em. As explained above, I would have asked the question long ago if I would have had the benefit of this board in the infancy of my Skymaster ownership. Unfortunately, I didn't, which makes me appreciate this board more than I can adequately articulate here. Skyking, probably the best part about this is that now hopefully you have some sense of retribution after my wiseguy JFK comment We even? Truce?

Jerry: As always, thanks for pointing out the obvious As I have consistenly shown, I need as much help as I can get!

Bob: I hope you're wrong, which I find usually NOT to be the case. My physician specifically informed me during my last medical exam that neither one of my legs needed to be pulled. I asked him twice to be sure. If they were pulled, there's chiropractic trouble abrewin. I haven't received my logs back yet from the A&P. I'll let you know what I find out from the entry.

In the meantime, is anyone familiar with this type of problem and /or alleged fix for flaps? GMAS, Kym, anyone?

Hope this helps.

Keven
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