by Mike Busch | Nov 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Is your mechanic a minimalist or a maximalist? I’m an unabashed maintenance minimalist. I believe in doing only maintenance necessary to make an aircraft safe, reliable, and compliant with regulations. I believe that doing more maintenance than that is not only a...
by Mike Busch | Oct 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
In a world of $7 avgas, it’s more important than ever to get the best bang for the buck. How can we get the best fuel economy from our airplanes? Given the painful cost of avgas these days, this is a question on lots of airplane owner’s minds. That goes at least...
by Mike Busch | Sep 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
When your engine finally needs to be overhauled, the most likely cause will be corrosion-induced distress to the cam lobes. I recently received an email from a Skylane owner in Miami, Florida who was understandably upset after receiving bad news from his IA, and...
by Mike Busch | Aug 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
The decision whether or not to tear down an aircraft engine is among the most difficult and agonizing ones we make. My company manages the maintenance of many hundreds of piston-powered GA airplanes, so we frequently deal with all manner of engine problems. Our...
by Mike Busch | Aug 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
We’re seeing an epidemic of Champion spark plug problems. Champion insists its plugs are fine and the problems are self-inflicted. The truth may be a bit more complicated. By Mike Busch Premature failures of Champion-brand aviation spark plugs first showed up on my...
