by Mike Busch | Apr 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
How to ensure that nothing is coming apart inside your crankcase. I’d been working with a Bonanza owner in Memphis for several weeks helping him chase down a problem with his Lycoming engine. Yes, Lycoming—the aircraft was an A36 with a Machen conversion to a...
by Mike Busch | Mar 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Contrary to popular belief, more maintenance isn’t necessarily better. Often it’s worse—a lesson that was learned during WWII. I’ve written at length in prior issues of EAA Sport Aviation on the subject of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), the scientific and...
by Mike Busch | Feb 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles, Uncategorized
More about what aircraft owners should know about piston aircraft engine oil. Last month, we began our discussion of piston aircraft engine oil by discussing the types and properties of the various kinds of engine oil available, and I offered some thoughts about which...
by Mike Busch | Feb 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
What aircraft owners should know about piston aircraft engine oil. This is the first of a two-part article about the lubricating oil we use in our piston aircraft engines, and we’ll be covering a lot of territory. We’ll discuss the various types of engine...
by Mike Busch | Dec 1, 2010 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
You’ve been doing mag checks since your first flight lesson, but are you doing them right? From your first days as a student pilot, you were undoubtedly taught to perform a “mag check” as part of each pre-takeoff runup. But do you know how to do it correctly,...
