Kevin let me say, i think you are living the good life. I like the adrenalin you live. I have been rooting you along. Im a big fan of yours and i would like to say, be safe in all you do and live normal happiness. Good luck,take care my friend, ill be watching and learning
Very good video showing how and what needs to be removed to to the hot section inspection. Very experienced techs to do this and make sure it it taken apart and packed correctly. A lot of money en each one of the parts removed and can be damaged if not removed and packed correctly.
Hey Kevin, I'm delighted to see you making sure that the pieces-parts are keeping us all safe. For the 'mere mortals' among us, FADEC stands for Full Authority Digital Engine Control. That is a computer that is programmed to make sure that the commands from the cockpit can't exceed the operating limits of the engine. (No overfuel compressor stalls.) It also handles the complicated starting routine of the engine without turning the engine into a static 'work of art.' If you order the optional extras, the FADEC also slices your bread, makes your toast, lights your cigars and pours your drinks. (Just kidding, but you can bet a week's pay that Cessna's Marketing Team are working on the last part. ;-D Thanks for the video!
Good to see Kevin again. Love the Texas Air Fleet moniker. Wish I could get a T shirt..... I work for Parker Hannifin Controlled Systems Division (14 years) and Boeing (13 years) and have build a lot of engine components. I have built fuel nozzles for the big stuff. Rolls Royce Trent and GE engines and a bunch of other stuff. Right now I build EHSV's for commercial and military aircraft. Funny thing is I have been in the aerospace biz for 37 years and have never flown. Engines are like a Swiss watch. Lot of moving parts and they all have to work. They go in a certain way and come out a certain way. I think the guys need some scaffolding and support structures. That stuff looks heavy and heaven forbid dropping something. Do these guys go from memory or do they have service manuals?
Why don't they have serviceable parts to install right there.... minimize your AOG. Then on the next ones whichever aircraft it may be... gets the freshly rebuilt components taken during HSI from another aircraft... and just keep cycling them... the same way automotive gets cores back for alternators... starters etc. They give you a serviceable one and take the unserviceable one to rebuild and then whoever's next in line gets the rebuild, and they in turn hand in their core, and so forth. AOGs aren't making money and these parts are insanely expensive. A pt6 hpt disk with a maintenance release(green tag) without blades even is worth about 12 grand.
Automotive don't have to keep logbook with regulation as strictly as airplane does. Introducing a 400 cycles hpt disk in your 200 cycles PT6 engine is not desirable by most customers. SC like Dallas Airmotive have access to genuine spare parts directly from Pratt&Whitney as fast as FedEx can go, so AOG is never really as bad an issue. If a part is found unserviceable during disassembly, the replacement will be ordered and received prior to the engine is ready to re-assemble.
Is your audience only children Your repeated use of "boys and girls" in your videos is condescending otherwise, your videos are entertaining and informative
Next time interview a mechanic who enjoys talking about his work. Getting info from this guy was like pulling teeth. Also the camera work was too shaky.
Seemed like a haphazard way of taking that aft section of the engine. The "storeage" of the parts removed looks funky. Need more organization and professionalism, IMHO.
I never get tired of seeing the inside of those amazing turbine engines.
Kevin let me say, i think you are living the good life. I like the adrenalin you live. I have been rooting you along. Im a big fan of yours and i would like to say, be safe in all you do and live normal happiness. Good luck,take care my friend, ill be watching and learning
Thanks, Kevin, for a very informative lesson. I learned a lot. never had a clue what a "hot section" was.
Great video Kev! I love the deep dive into the mechanical side of these aircraft.
Very cool. Have never seen a hot section inspection
Very good video showing how and what needs to be removed to to the hot section inspection. Very experienced techs to do this and make sure it it taken apart and packed correctly. A lot of money en each one of the parts removed and can be damaged if not removed and packed correctly.
Hey Kevin, I'm delighted to see you making sure that the pieces-parts are keeping us all safe. For the 'mere mortals' among us, FADEC stands for Full Authority Digital Engine Control. That is a computer that is programmed to make sure that the commands from the cockpit can't exceed the operating limits of the engine. (No overfuel compressor stalls.) It also handles the complicated starting routine of the engine without turning the engine into a static 'work of art.'
If you order the optional extras, the FADEC also slices your bread, makes your toast, lights your cigars and pours your drinks. (Just kidding, but you can bet a week's pay that Cessna's Marketing Team are working on the last part. ;-D Thanks for the video!
I've learned a lot from your maintenance videos. Please post more!
Greetings from Lawrence Kansas, Mr. Lacey. Nice to see you near me, and in the region.
I use to work 37 years for PW and when I see Parts on cement floor I freak-out! Doing that at the time I would have been fired on the spot.
I've seen lots citation jets up close before and I think they are really cool
Great video, please keep them coming.
great video Kevin please keep making more I learn a lot from them!
More like this and like the one with the "barn find" C-172. Love your engine overhaul series, as well.
People say the show is fake even if it is fake it is really good
Its not fake, but its made way more dramatic than it actually is LOL. Kind of entertaining actually
Kevin you should post more often!
If you were my power plant teacher I would learn a lot 😂
good video but number one rule with engine parts is don't put them on the floor
Good to see Kevin again. Love the Texas Air Fleet moniker. Wish I could get a T shirt..... I work for Parker Hannifin Controlled Systems Division (14 years) and Boeing (13 years) and have build a lot of engine components. I have built fuel nozzles for the big stuff. Rolls Royce Trent and GE engines and a bunch of other stuff. Right now I build EHSV's for commercial and military aircraft. Funny thing is I have been in the aerospace biz for 37 years and have never flown. Engines are like a Swiss watch. Lot of moving parts and they all have to work. They go in a certain way and come out a certain way. I think the guys need some scaffolding and support structures. That stuff looks heavy and heaven forbid dropping something. Do these guys go from memory or do they have service manuals?
Kevin my man we still love ya! Would be great to see some more uploads
please make more of these Videos :)
Got all the up in that beast. Reminds me of when I was a ups aircraft maintenance tech
great video, thank you!
What happened to you Kevin?? I wish you would come back 👍🇺🇸
Wow i love planes i would love to fly once in a D-C 3 love that plane
Very interesting
Why don't they have serviceable parts to install right there.... minimize your AOG. Then on the next ones whichever aircraft it may be... gets the freshly rebuilt components taken during HSI from another aircraft... and just keep cycling them... the same way automotive gets cores back for alternators... starters etc. They give you a serviceable one and take the unserviceable one to rebuild and then whoever's next in line gets the rebuild, and they in turn hand in their core, and so forth. AOGs aren't making money and these parts are insanely expensive. A pt6 hpt disk with a maintenance release(green tag) without blades even is worth about 12 grand.
Automotive don't have to keep logbook with regulation as strictly as airplane does. Introducing a 400 cycles hpt disk in your 200 cycles PT6 engine is not desirable by most customers. SC like Dallas Airmotive have access to genuine spare parts directly from Pratt&Whitney as fast as FedEx can go, so AOG is never really as bad an issue. If a part is found unserviceable during disassembly, the replacement will be ordered and received prior to the engine is ready to re-assemble.
love that logo need one
The one at 0:01 or the one at 14:58? ;)
I know that hangar. I used to be an ARFF firefighter at Forbes Field.
You shouldn’t put parts on the ground
Would have been nice to see the grinding fixture.
Nice
Is the Texas Air fleet hiring ?
James Hetfield is an aircraft mechanic?
El Ner I came here to make that comment 😂
I laughed, I cried, I shaved for this?
Is your audience only children
Your repeated use of "boys and girls" in your videos is condescending
otherwise, your videos are entertaining and informative
you sound like bob ross!
I bet these work men don't want you watching lol
Next time interview a mechanic who enjoys talking about his work. Getting info from this guy was like pulling teeth. Also the camera work was too shaky.
Seemed like a haphazard way of taking that aft section of the engine. The "storeage" of the parts removed looks funky. Need more organization and professionalism, IMHO.
Shame on Dallas Airmotive, they left our airport in a hurry, owing the city money