by Mike Busch | Feb 1, 2013 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Can we prevent these catastrophic head-to-barrel separations? On February 24, 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board issued Safety Recommendation A-12-7 to FAA acting administrator Michael Huerta, expressing great concern over 29 cylinder head fatigue failures...
by Mike Busch | Jan 1, 2013 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
There’s metal in your oil filter. Now what? “I’ve been a happy aircraft owner until this morning,” Frank wrote me. “My aircraft is in the shop for its annual inspection, and the mechanic just called to say that they found magnetic chips in the oil filter, and the...
by Mike Busch | Dec 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
How NOT to lean your engine. At my July pilgrimage to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, I had the opportunity to speak to thousands of pilots and aircraft owners on a wide variety of subjects ranging from reliability-centered maintenance to TBO busting to corrosion, and to...
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...
