172SP...signs of alternator failure?

[gkrangers]

Ok, heres the deal.

Chad is gonna fly up the alternator, the guys here wll install it, then Chad will fly home and I'll fly on to NJ.

OR, if the plane is still broken, we'll leave the plane here and me and Chad will go back to EVB.

 

[gkrangers]

So about 20 hours after I left New Smyrna, I finally made it to NJ. (7 hours of flying time)

Big thanks to Cforst for flying up the alternater!

 

[cforst513]

i'm so freakin' tired i could cry.

i didn't get home til after 3am and i had to work at 7:30. you owe me. big time. find me a hot riddle girl.


oh wait, nevermind....

 

[Pedro]

Did they make you pay for the flight to fly the alternator?

 

[cforst513]

i couldn't get them to pay for the whole thing. they had someone else lined up, and i need the hours. it put me over 200, though!! jeez, i can't believe i'm so close to my commercial goal. it seems VERY far away when you have less than 100 hours...

 

[gkrangers]

30 knot headwind all the way to the NC/SC border...GREAT!

 

[erj-145mech]

Hey, it still gets logged a cross country time, ehh. Its time logged by hours and not miles. When I was prepping for my pvt checkride, the CFI noticed that I was short .3 XC time. A dual XC at night, under the hood, slow flight sure adds a lot of columns in the old log book.

 

[cforst513]

Hey, it still gets logged a cross country time, ehh. Its time logged by hours and not miles. When I was prepping for my pvt checkride, the CFI noticed that I was short .3 XC time. A dual XC at night, under the hood, slow flight sure adds a lot of columns in the old log book.

heh heh, that's the way my instructor told me to build my 250hrs for commercial. but i don't like just putzing along, so i got on 6 hour trips at 110kts. besides, i see more of the country that way

 

[gkrangers]

Well I'm leaving...be back around 9PM hopefully.

 

[cforst513]

Well I'm leaving...be back around 9PM hopefully.

makes you wish "Beam me up, Scotty!!" was a practical phrase, doesn't it?