Final preparation and prop balancing
A friend commented that my photos of N575PC in various states of undress were like a Victoria Secrets catalog!
Well, she is re-gaining her modesty.
Final checks before running...
She looks like a real airplane again...
Engine ground test runs...
Setting up for the prop balancing process...
The test flight. All tests good except the pilot reported the left brake was "grabbing" a bit which they will check-out today.
After giving the SC some grief about getting the prop balanced perfectly (.01 IPS is the measurement desired) and a wise-crack about a blind, one-armed monkey being able to balance it to this level of precision, I got this message this morning...
"The guys are redoing the prop balance and texted me the results below with the message "one arm blind monkeys are pimping!”
Setting up for the prop balancing process...
The test flight. All tests good except the pilot reported the left brake was "grabbing" a bit which they will check-out today.
After giving the SC some grief about getting the prop balanced perfectly (.01 IPS is the measurement desired) and a wise-crack about a blind, one-armed monkey being able to balance it to this level of precision, I got this message this morning...
"The guys are redoing the prop balance and texted me the results below with the message "one arm blind monkeys are pimping!”
They got the almost perfect prop balance. Well done!
Now all that remains if for a pilot working for the service center to fly the plane to Austin early Monday (July 10) morning.