The wait is killing me, but I think I found something to keep me busy in the meantime.
I started looking around for an engine core to build. At first, I figured an IO-360 would be sufficient. I quickly reconciled that idea and decided that anything less than the 390 wouldn’t do it justice.
So I happened to stumble across a 300 hour IO-390-A1B6 off a 2015 Denali Scout, it was involved in a blade separation event.
At first I thought, well, it didn’t hit anything, so it’s not a prop strike, maybe it’s fine as is. Crank dialed out at .001 but when I checked the end play, also .001. Should be closer to .009-.016.
I did some digging and found Lycoming SB533 which describes prop strike or suddenly stoppage inspection criteria.
Apparently, it also mentions blade separation and says to complete the same inspections.
So I’m planning to tear it down, send everything out, and IRAN.
I suspect it will mostly be fine. The bummer is that it calls for replacing the roller tappets. They’re a fortune. Oh well.
This will be an awesome engine I suspect.
Planning to make plenty of videos along the way and share on my channel.
https://youtube.com/@112_adventures?si=9KQtNHkFdEdd-of1
Look forward to hearing from anyone who wants to discuss!
I started looking around for an engine core to build. At first, I figured an IO-360 would be sufficient. I quickly reconciled that idea and decided that anything less than the 390 wouldn’t do it justice.
So I happened to stumble across a 300 hour IO-390-A1B6 off a 2015 Denali Scout, it was involved in a blade separation event.
At first I thought, well, it didn’t hit anything, so it’s not a prop strike, maybe it’s fine as is. Crank dialed out at .001 but when I checked the end play, also .001. Should be closer to .009-.016.
I did some digging and found Lycoming SB533 which describes prop strike or suddenly stoppage inspection criteria.
Apparently, it also mentions blade separation and says to complete the same inspections.
So I’m planning to tear it down, send everything out, and IRAN.
I suspect it will mostly be fine. The bummer is that it calls for replacing the roller tappets. They’re a fortune. Oh well.
This will be an awesome engine I suspect.
Planning to make plenty of videos along the way and share on my channel.
https://youtube.com/@112_adventures?si=9KQtNHkFdEdd-of1
Look forward to hearing from anyone who wants to discuss!