As a newly minted A&P in 1974 I went to work for an airmail hauler who had 12-18s the spar strap AD came out while I was there. I wasn't directly involved doing the installations but watched them being done closely. Ours was a different version than this one. Before they were installed the spar had to be X rayed we had one that turned up a crack and had to be repaired before the strap was installed. My whole career I've been proud I cut my teeth on Beech 18s.
In the late 70's I had a job installing the Aerospace Products version of these as well as their cargo doors in Cleveland . You awakened some nightmares with this video !
Hey Glenn, I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for sharing Aviation with us the way you do. I am an Aviation fan. I say fan because I'm insulin dependent and my ME (also my PCP) flat told me that I can't get a class 3 med. So piloting is out for me. I have learned a lot about Aviation just from your videos and others as well. My wife did buy me an hour flight in a Cessna 172 for Christmas. Looking forward to that flight this spring. Thanks again Glenn and keep up the good work.
good grief i love this plane and you are amazing to do this yourself what a commitment well done can't wait to see the next installment good luck and thanks for sharing this with us
Good gawd, I remember doing a couple of those spar mods 50 years ago as a side job while an airframe mech for UAL. I think Australia limits total hours on the airframe then grounds it permanantly...
Such an awesome aircraft to fly, I enjoyed all 430hrs of it!! The most interesting part of flying the 18 is that I have ZERO tail wheel time lol got yourself a future A&P a and possibly with his IA endorsement to boot
Did I hear you correctly that you have to x-ray the spar every 1500 hours? Thanks for posting this. Would love to see the results of the test if that's possible. I see you had some good help there.😊
Robert Hobbs yes. its another example of a few bad apples that were really abused and not even in the same class of the newer built planes causing us to have to tear our planes apart constantly no matter how well they are cared for. i plan to post the actual inspection process too.
Better head protection than a soft baseball cap is a hard "umpires hat". It is similar size and style as a baseball cap, but is made of ABS plastic. Most large sporting goods stores have them.
Well, it is pretty ridiculous actually because there is nothing wrong with the wings on any Beech 18. The spar strap was added but if the X-rays find anything wrong you have to ground the airplane anyway. But yes, to design a whole new wing would cost more than the plane is worth.
@@nizexlizzy Ok thanks, i was just curious because I remember the incident that caused the Spar strap to be made mandatory. My friend and co worker lost his life in the accident that made them decide to go to spar straps.
@@lylemulholland1417 Sorry to hear that. Which accident was that? I never found much info of actual crashes due to spars breaking on the Beech 18's. I know my Commander spar requirements were backed up by 15 or so crashes, just hadn't hear of any specifics on the 18. I still stick by my comments though that it is ridiculous to have a requirement like this with no exceptions. It is the same as punishing all parents by not allowing kids in a store because 3 kids acted up and the parents didn't take care of the situation. Some airplanes are NEVER put in a hanger and carry over gross weights all the time with pilots that plow them onto the runway when they land and treat them bad because they don't own them. That doesn't make all the other planes bad.
Hi Lyle; I lost a special friend as well. Wing broke and it was supposed to be his last day with this company. He had a Twotter at NorOntair lined up....aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870511-1. Do you have accident report for the B-18 u mentioned?
A lot of General Aviation airplanes are "money pits." If you own a GA plane, you must be ready to fork over the cash. It is always expensive - electronics or "grunt work" - all expensive. My hat's off to this guy for putting in this much effort - I, and most others, would not. Then, you have to pay the A&P "full freight" for the job.
I have a simple process that converts aluminum, existing parts, into AuPd... gold palladium alloy.. lighter than aluminum and as strong as steel.. as hard as steel.. but ductile as silver.. it doesn't oxidize.. welds with a stick welder... takes a few minutes and a small propane torch... kaolinite clay is used to make plates... it's available out of Georgia... add borax.. 1 in 5 parts... place parts in the AuPd dust and.. heat evenly across the entire piece.. when the aluminum starts to evaporate the flame turns yellow until the aluminum is replaced by AuPd.. cool and the problem is solved metals move towards the heat... Max Planck was not a welder.. his thermodynamics says heat moves towards cold.. it does... except when welding or brazing metals.. shows that even really smart people can't know everything...
density is the specific gravity.. it varies depending on the aluminum used to replace... hard aluminum can create AuPd that will scratch stainless steel.. it has double double covalent bonds in the AuPd unit cell... with gold in the planes of cleavage... and metallic bonds between unit cells it's a room temperature superconductor
it passes magnetic energy with no resistance... magnetism is the chicken.. electricity is the egg... people don't understand...I do.. it's a true room temperature superconductor.. floats magnets.. passes heat with no resistance.. like water.. like diamond.. I hold it in my hand and drill and polish the stuff.. it doesn't get hot
melts at 1550° C.. in materials engineering they talk about the ability to be deformed and return to base state... it's about a bazillion times better than steel.. does not wear out.. or.. not that I have been able to do.. I have been testing in my laboratory for a year
If it were my aircraft I'd engineer a new spar out of carbon fiber or water jetted spar like the one in the Lockheed, obviously this would be a major undertaking but we know that carbon fiber is lighter and stronger than steel and has more ability to flex with stress. I'd ask Boeing if I could barrow their autoclave lol
OK, Beech model 18 is out of my wish list😂😂😂😂😂😂. The best is your little helper. Very professional and committed to do his best. Congrats.
As a newly minted A&P in 1974 I went to work for an airmail hauler who had 12-18s the spar strap AD came out while I was there. I wasn't directly involved doing the installations but watched them being done closely. Ours was a different version than this one. Before they were installed the spar had to be X rayed we had one that turned up a crack and had to be repaired before the strap was installed. My whole career I've been proud I cut my teeth on Beech 18s.
Fast Eddy very cool
In the late 70's I had a job installing the Aerospace Products version of these as well as their cargo doors in Cleveland . You awakened some nightmares with this video !
Beech 18's Great bird. God bless ya for your fortitude and keeping the 'ol girl flying for many more years!
Hey Glenn, I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for sharing Aviation with us the way you do. I am an Aviation fan. I say fan because I'm insulin dependent and my ME (also my PCP) flat told me that I can't get a class 3 med. So piloting is out for me. I have learned a lot about Aviation just from your videos and others as well. My wife did buy me an hour flight in a Cessna 172 for Christmas. Looking forward to that flight this spring. Thanks again Glenn and keep up the good work.
You can get your medical now under the class 3 being insulin dependent. The rule has changed.
Glenn, any chance that you''ll be able to show us the x-ray process as well? This is all very interesting to me. Thanks for sharing.
No, they wouldn't let me video any of it. I did try though :-)
Glad to see you got your son involved in wrenching on your Beech 18.
Thanks for posting Glenn I have always wondered about that strap AD on the beech 18. Now I am getting a much better Idea of whats all involved.
Great explanation! ...I would like to have an idea of how much it cost to do that "AD". Thanks
Yes, Glenn , thanks, very helpful, I will be doing the spar AD soon on my Beech, N5867,
good grief
i love this plane
and you are amazing to do this yourself
what a commitment
well done
can't wait to see the next installment
good luck and thanks for sharing this with us
Your spar looks Ike it is a,ready cracked in 2 places. I flew the Beech 18 from 1973 to 1979 and had to install spar straps on our planes.
Good gawd, I remember doing a couple of those spar mods 50 years ago as a side job while an airframe mech for UAL. I think Australia limits total hours on the airframe then grounds it permanantly...
Such an awesome aircraft to fly, I enjoyed all 430hrs of it!! The most interesting part of flying the 18 is that I have ZERO tail wheel time lol got yourself a future A&P a and possibly with his IA endorsement to boot
On floats, you would have to walk all over the top of the aircraft just to get to a dock. I have even jumped off the horizontal stab.
I found a couple Beech 18s in San Carlos, AZ. Featured on my latest episode of Abandoned Airplanes.
Yeah, there are plenty that were left alone to die. Sad.
Hmmm an exterior strap to keep wing from falling off......you are brave.
Did I hear you correctly that you have to x-ray the spar every 1500 hours? Thanks for posting this. Would love to see the results of the test if that's possible. I see you had some good help there.😊
Robert Hobbs yes. its another example of a few bad apples that were really abused and not even in the same class of the newer built planes causing us to have to tear our planes apart constantly no matter how well they are cared for. i plan to post the actual inspection process too.
Better head protection than a soft baseball cap is a hard "umpires hat". It is similar size and style as a baseball cap, but is made of ABS plastic. Most large sporting goods stores have them.
Is it to cost prohibitive to make new wings with stronger spars ?
Well, it is pretty ridiculous actually because there is nothing wrong with the wings on any Beech 18. The spar strap was added but if the X-rays find anything wrong you have to ground the airplane anyway. But yes, to design a whole new wing would cost more than the plane is worth.
@@nizexlizzy Ok thanks, i was just curious because I remember the incident that caused the Spar strap to be made mandatory. My friend and co worker lost his life in the accident that made them decide to go to spar straps.
@@lylemulholland1417 Sorry to hear that. Which accident was that? I never found much info of actual crashes due to spars breaking on the Beech 18's. I know my Commander spar requirements were backed up by 15 or so crashes, just hadn't hear of any specifics on the 18. I still stick by my comments though that it is ridiculous to have a requirement like this with no exceptions. It is the same as punishing all parents by not allowing kids in a store because 3 kids acted up and the parents didn't take care of the situation. Some airplanes are NEVER put in a hanger and carry over gross weights all the time with pilots that plow them onto the runway when they land and treat them bad because they don't own them. That doesn't make all the other planes bad.
Hi Lyle; I lost a special friend as well. Wing broke and it was supposed to be his last day with this company. He had a Twotter at NorOntair lined up....aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870511-1. Do you have accident report for the B-18 u mentioned?
Glenn, I am currently looking at purchasing an D18S do you have an email you are willing to share?
A lot of General Aviation airplanes are "money pits." If you own a GA plane, you must be ready to fork over the cash. It is always expensive - electronics or "grunt work" - all expensive. My hat's off to this guy for putting in this much effort - I, and most others, would not. Then, you have to pay the A&P "full freight" for the job.
Early you said 400 lbs per wing then later you said 800 lbs per wing. Which is correct?
Sorry, it was 400 per wing and 800 total
is the spar aluminum?
I have a simple process that converts aluminum, existing parts, into AuPd... gold palladium alloy.. lighter than aluminum and as strong as steel.. as hard as steel.. but ductile as silver.. it doesn't oxidize.. welds with a stick welder... takes a few minutes and a small propane torch... kaolinite clay is used to make plates... it's available out of Georgia... add borax.. 1 in 5 parts... place parts in the AuPd dust and.. heat evenly across the entire piece.. when the aluminum starts to evaporate the flame turns yellow until the aluminum is replaced by AuPd.. cool and the problem is solved
metals move towards the heat... Max Planck was not a welder.. his thermodynamics says heat moves towards cold.. it does... except when welding or brazing metals.. shows that even really smart people can't know everything...
density is the specific gravity.. it varies depending on the aluminum used to replace... hard aluminum can create AuPd that will scratch stainless steel.. it has double double covalent bonds in the AuPd unit cell... with gold in the planes of cleavage... and metallic bonds between unit cells
it's a room temperature superconductor
it passes magnetic energy with no resistance... magnetism is the chicken.. electricity is the egg... people don't understand...I do.. it's a true room temperature superconductor.. floats magnets.. passes heat with no resistance.. like water.. like diamond.. I hold it in my hand and drill and polish the stuff.. it doesn't get hot
melts at 1550° C.. in materials engineering they talk about the ability to be deformed and return to base state... it's about a bazillion times better than steel.. does not wear out.. or.. not that I have been able to do.. I have been testing in my laboratory for a year
Friggin hell. Replacement redesigned spar is needed.
Are you an A&P as well as a pilot?
Rjh Rhjj i am working on getting my A&P but i have one that works with me. he just doesn’t like being in front of the camera.
13:17 don't catch your hair on the UC door!
Pretty cool but did anybody else notice a fee lock washers missing on that strap he mentions? I know I did...
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If it were my aircraft I'd engineer a new spar out of carbon fiber or water jetted spar like the one in the Lockheed, obviously this would be a major undertaking but we know that carbon fiber is lighter and stronger than steel and has more ability to flex with stress. I'd ask Boeing if I could barrow their autoclave lol
That is one big headache.
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what a PIA job; I bet the reinstall is a joyous occasion....personally I wouldn't trust my life in the old girl wearing her corsette and suspenders
Huh
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