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Forum: Messages 12-13-08, 11:21 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 425,920
Posted By Ernie Martin
For those relatively new to this forum, Brian von...

For those relatively new to this forum, Brian von Herzen has been a member for many years, has crossed the Atlantic in his Skymaster via the northern route many times, and we were fortunate to have...
Forum: Messages 11-11-08, 12:22 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 95,242
Posted By Ernie Martin
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. At...

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. At some point it will surely be of help to someone else. And I commend you for your initiative in tackling the diagnostic part of the work. In these tough...
Forum: Messages 11-08-08, 12:54 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 53,840
Posted By Ernie Martin
Do not take out the center post without the...

Do not take out the center post without the structural-strengthening STC from RT Aerospace ( www.rtaerospace.com/prices.htm ). Aside from being illegal, my recollection is that removal of the center...
Forum: Messages 11-06-08, 11:41 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 53,840
Posted By Ernie Martin
Herb, several points about the windshield. First,...

Herb, several points about the windshield. First, you can buy it from the manufacturer, LP Aero (find the P/N for your Skymaster at...
Forum: Messages 11-06-08, 05:08 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 53,840
Posted By Ernie Martin
Congratulations. Send pictures, not only when...

Congratulations. Send pictures, not only when it's all in, but while in progress.

Ernie
Forum: Messages 10-30-08, 11:23 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 19,841
Posted By Ernie Martin
Panel or Hand-held -- Garmin's New 696 Might Blur the Distinction & Settle The Issue

This morning's lead story on www.aero-news.net on the new Garmin 696 might be of interest to those considering a panel upgrade. With a screen 3 times the size of the 496, some of the distinctions...
Forum: Messages 10-13-08, 12:18 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 31,664
Posted By Ernie Martin
Larry: I answered you via e-mail, but briefly,...

Larry:

I answered you via e-mail, but briefly, if you go to our home page directly via www.337skymaster.com (or .org) you get the new page with the O2.

Ernie
Forum: Messages 10-11-08, 03:05 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 31,664
Posted By Ernie Martin
Bring them on. Ernie

Bring them on.

Ernie
Forum: Messages 10-07-08, 04:19 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 31,664
Posted By Ernie Martin
It's up on the Home page. Ernie

It's up on the Home page.

Ernie
Forum: Messages 10-03-08, 03:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 31,664
Posted By Ernie Martin
Very nice. I'm like 99% certain it's a...

Very nice. I'm like 99% certain it's a computer-generated pic used in one of the add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Still, speaks volumes of the aircraft's role in Vietnam.

What say the...
Forum: Messages 09-29-08, 08:44 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 23,055
Posted By Ernie Martin
Thanks for the response. However, it's the A&P...

Thanks for the response. However, it's the A&P who performed the work who is being asked, essentially, to clarify his unintelligible entry. I get that he can't obliterate or alter his own earlier...
Forum: Messages 09-29-08, 06:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 23,055
Posted By Ernie Martin
Re-drafting of Log Book Entries

I am trying to help a friend with a Twin Commander whose log book has a recent, lengthy entry in an English so atrocious as to be virtually unintelligible.

I'm hoping that IAs reading this Forum...
Forum: Messages 09-08-08, 10:47 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 19,092
Posted By Ernie Martin
Skymasters on CBS 60 Minutes

Last night CBS's 60 Minutes had a piece on blue fin tuna, how the demand in Japan -- where a single fish can sell for $20,000 -- has sparked a frenzy of fishing innovation and the possible wipe-out...
Forum: Messages 09-06-08, 02:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 22,740
Posted By Ernie Martin
I too have seen more problems with the rear than...

I too have seen more problems with the rear than the front, and the vibration is indeed greater. To the point where parts of the airframe around the rear engine started cracking --see the thread with...
Forum: Messages 08-11-08, 01:53 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 30,580
Posted By Ernie Martin
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. It's...

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. It's obvious that you and your passengers are blessed, to have survived this accident. May we ask that you tell us the flight hours on the airframe.

This...
Forum: Messages 08-09-08, 11:03 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 25,015
Posted By Ernie Martin
I think that you will find a lot of responses on...

I think that you will find a lot of responses on this subject if you do a Search in the Message Board. In a "StickY" message that remains near the top of the Board, entitled "General Skymaster Info &...
Forum: Messages 07-07-08, 12:10 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 18,717
Posted By Ernie Martin
We've already been doing that. If you go to the...

We've already been doing that. If you go to the bottom of our Home page, below the aircraft pictures sent by members, you'll find a link to a page with more pictures and an image of the first...
Forum: Messages 06-25-08, 10:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 23,705
Posted By Ernie Martin
What is most useful in the link from Pete is the...

What is most useful in the link from Pete is the Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) listed under Technical Information. Click on that link and then find the one for your aircraft (the TCDS number is...
Forum: Messages 06-12-08, 07:51 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 27,984
Posted By Ernie Martin
If they'll restart at all. The prudent thing is...

If they'll restart at all. The prudent thing is to believe the POH: if you run the mains dry, you should assume the worse, that you can't get to whatever fuel is in the auxiliary tanks.

Ernie
Forum: Messages 06-11-08, 10:23 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 27,984
Posted By Ernie Martin
I don't want to preach to the choir, but time to...

I don't want to preach to the choir, but time to review the "Fuel Supply Management" page in my backup website www.SkymasterUS.com -- especially for older models with separate auxiliary fuel...
Forum: Messages 06-08-08, 01:03 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 49,017
Posted By Ernie Martin
The rear one has a brake, the front one may not....

The rear one has a brake, the front one may not. Gearing and motor torque may be different, in part due to different aerodynamic forces that the device must overcome.

Ernie
Forum: Messages 06-07-08, 04:10 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 49,017
Posted By Ernie Martin
Richard: I believe, as stated earlier, that the...

Richard:

I believe, as stated earlier, that the rear motor is a very different unit and that use of the front motor in the rear is a recipe for trouble. If I'm right, and if most of the failures are...
Forum: Messages 06-04-08, 08:34 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 49,017
Posted By Ernie Martin
My rear cowl flap motor recently failed and I've...

My rear cowl flap motor recently failed and I've spent the past few days researching the matter, so let me update some of the information you just posted.

A new Cessna motor now lists for $6095 and...
Forum: Messages 06-02-08, 01:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 19,632
Posted By Ernie Martin
My guess is that he's only going to find the...

My guess is that he's only going to find the parts at a salvage yard, one which has parted out a 336. The "Purchasing Parts" page on my backup Skymaster website www.SkymasterUS.com has a list of...
Forum: Messages 05-30-08, 03:18 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 27,984
Posted By Ernie Martin
Sounds like fuel starvation to me. Ernie

Sounds like fuel starvation to me.

Ernie
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