Archive for the ‘Hobbies’ Category


Raising some money for an engine repair

I need a PT6 repair and I think that it is going to cost me a lot of money. It is normally something that I would do myself but having bought the PT6 parts that I needed, I have realised that it is a bigger job than I am used to. It is quite a difficult and fiddly job and it is crucial to get it right and have therefore decided to get a professional to fit the new PT6 engine parts. I have therefore started doing a bit of overtime in order to help me to finance the repair. I can afford it but it is not fair on the family if I spend the housekeeping money on the repair and so I am working hard to get some extra money to pay for it. It should not take me too long to raise the funds and it will be worth the wait if I can find someone qualified to do the work for me. Hopefully it may start to work better than ever because it is not that smooth at the moment. There may be other tweaking which can be done to improve the overall condition which would be great.



Looking for aircraft for sale

On internet there are various different ways in which one can find out airplane for sale, and jets for sale.

My friend?s daddy has collection of 11 aircrafts. They love to fly. They started collecting few old aircrafts, way back in 1997. They had lot of money. Also some money they collected from their retirement scheme. He started finding it on internet, local news papers and some aircraft magazines. Instead of purchasing them from any third party customer or the intermediate party, it is far more easy to buy them online since you can actually view them with details and also compare them with respect to various factors like looks, price, size, machine details, manufacturing dates, number of owners who owned it earlier and their experience of using them.
Some of the used aircraft are in good conditions but we never come to know about such deals because they are remotely available and those sellers are much more reluctant to sell them to a buyer who is available at a very far place. In such cases, the website are playing very important role and they actually set up few rules which are suggested by the local government as well as the international body for import and export.



Aircraft Spares and Tools

Just like any vehicle or machine, an aircraft too needs spares and tools to keep it fit for flying to distant destinations. The custom made spares and tools for aircraft maintenance purposes can be used with different aircraft models. Aircraft wheel manufacturing companies such as Cleveland, Goodyear, Goodrich, McCauley, Bendix etc, design their wheels on the advanced concept of avionics. The wheels are built to sustain regular pressure that occurs during take off and landing.

The aircraft wheel manufacturing companies also make other wheel spares such as wheels, wheel halves, brake discs, clips, housings, pistons, o-rings, lining, etc. Aircraft jacks help to provide a safe lift to the aircraft body for the maintenance purposes. The jack is strong enough to bear the weight of entire aircraft body. The best part is that aircraft jacks completely relive the pressure from the airframe and prevents it from any potential damage. Aircraft air tools and accessories such as angle drills, grinders, impact wrench, pistol drills, pop rivet pullers, rivet guns etc., serve their own practical purposes. The aircraft air tools are meant for providing complete maintenance solution to the aircraft engineers who find it difficult sometimes to reach to certain areas of the aircraft engine with their bare hands.