GV crosswind technique

[Ty Webb]

filejw--I don't know how he does it--he's an excellent pilot but I'll ask him what he's talking about.

Thanks for all the input.TC

The only other method that I am aware of is to let the aircraft weathervane into the wind so that the track is aligned with the runway. Just prior to touchdown, you "kick in" enough rudder to align the aircraft axis with the runway, and a little aileron to check the drift.

Either way works, but the method I described above takes a little more finesse to pull off smoothly and without side-loading.

 

[AA717driver]

Today in PBI, I used my tried and true method. The aircraft survived intact. I think I'll stick with it. Thanks all.TC

P.S.--Any G550 people out there watch out. Our APU siezed in La Romanna, D.R. and even the Gulfstream service guys couldn't free it. Honeywell is rebuilding the APU's free. We almost got stranded. Ran the R engine for an hour and 10 min. as an APU. It's been a problem with a few 550's lately. We ran ours on Monday and had no problems. They say corosion is causing the turbine to bind up.

 

[Ace-of-the-Base]

Today in PBI, I used my tried and true method. The aircraft survived intact. I think I'll stick with it. Thanks all.TC

P.S.--Any G550 people out there watch out. Our APU siezed in La Romanna, D.R. and even the Gulfstream service guys couldn't free it. Honeywell is rebuilding the APU's free. We almost got stranded. Ran the R engine for an hour and 10 min. as an APU. It's been a problem with a few 550's lately. We ran ours on Monday and had no problems. They say corosion is causing the turbine to bind up.

Keep us posted. Anything on breakfast minutes about this problem?

Ace

 

[AA717driver]

Ace--I haven't looked at the bminutes(its on my laptop). It may be too new. The way it's been happening, there's nothing you can do anyway. You can run the APU every day for a week and the next day it's siezed up.

The service guys actually broke a tool (keep your mind out of the gutter!) trying to free the turbine!

This took me back to my airline days--flying around with no APU, hoping the huffer that has been collecting dust for 10 months would fire up... Finding one that works (especially in a thrid world country) is a scavenger hunt.TC

 

[G4G5]

I have a buddy of mine in LGB as we speak getting his APU replaced for the exact samething.

I wonder if garret/honeywell is having the same problem with their APU on other applications? Does the Global have the same dash# APU?

 

[Ace-of-the-Base]

Ace--I haven't looked at the bminutes(its on my laptop). It may be too new. The way it's been happening, there's nothing you can do anyway. You can run the APU every day for a week and the next day it's siezed up.

The service guys actually broke a tool (keep your mind out of the gutter!) trying to free the turbine!

This took me back to my airline days--flying around with no APU, hoping the huffer that has been collecting dust for 10 months would fire up... Finding one that works (especially in a thrid world country) is a scavenger hunt.TC

I've had this happen on the old 36-6 and -100s, but not ever in a V. We do a lot of remote international stuff and this story particularly concerns me.

Ace

 

[AA717driver]

Ace--I believe it's not a problem with the V's--only the 550's. They got a different APU and it's the problem child.TC

 

[GVFlyer]

Ace--I believe it's not a problem with the V's--only the 550's. They got a different APU and it's the problem child.TC

The Honeywell RE220 APU is the same dash number on the GV, and the G500 / G550. Other applications for the APU include the Global Express and the Dornier 728Jet.

There's presently no MOL or other alert out on the APU; you guys just must not be living right, you recently had a fan disk issue, too.

GV

 

[puddlejumper]

Interesting G4 Photos

I came across this cool photo gallery of a GIV pilot the other day. I thought you Gulfstream guys would be interested.

http://www.jeff-betty.com/GIV-TEB/index.htm

This link is specifically for the UK GIV accident at TEB a while back.

-PJ

 

[Ace-of-the-Base]

The Honeywell RE220 APU is the same dash number on the GV, and the G500 / G550. Other applications for the APU include the Global Express and the Dornier 728Jet.

There's presently no MOL or other alert out on the APU; you guys just must not be living right, you recently had a fan disk issue, too.

GV

That's what I thought. I'd sure like to know if there are more problems like these. I've run over 2,000 hours in our Vs and that APU seems to be overbuilt and bullet-proof.

Ace

 

[Bumz_Rush]

G550 landing technique

As was said the CX would lose a wing tip, but the G550 no.

I prefer the wing down procedure, as this will almost certainly ensure the up wind wing is lower, and the up wind whell touches first.

AA717 driver I have left a PM on PPrune.... Bumz

 

[AA717driver]

Bumz--I'll pick up the PM.

GV--I'm just going on what was told to us by the GS tech on duty last Sat. nite. Of course he was the one who told the mechs who came down to fix our plane that they were going to work on a GIV...

An apparent violation of the "Truth in Aviation Law". TC