Can't say I've witnessed anything with the circuit breakers. The number of conflicting messages I got from instructors about the 172 and best practices with the fuel system. Some would say that I am best following a left-right alternation like a PA38. Others would say just 'bung it on both' as they flow into each other anyway. I would be told to switch the feeds off after a flight by one instructor, another would say to leave it on incase someone doesn't do their checks properly and takes off...
Thanks for the reply. Yes I have encountered the foibles of the handbrake. Also have suffered the CB popping when the flaps are deployed. Its the same CB that isolates the starter switch circuit.
With only a little time in 172s ( I have several hundred hours in PA28s) I was unprepared for the fuel crossfeed system. Parked up on a slope if the tank selector is left on both it feeds to the downslope tank and, possibly out of the overflow. Never mind, I am sure the grass will grow back one day.
Hi there I take it that Ravenair will want to keep their registration mark? G-RVRI was actually the second aircraft Id ever flown as a student, although it had the registration G-CCCC then. Not much more to say than its a classic old C-172 - stable, docile, it virtually flies itself. Any niggles that I can remember will have changed after being serviced over the years, such as rudder pressure, hand brake behaviour. Nothing outstanding springs to mind.
Can't say I've witnessed anything with the circuit breakers. The number of conflicting messages I got from instructors about the 172 and best practices with the fuel system. Some would say that I am best following a left-right alternation like a PA38. Others would say just 'bung it on both' as they flow into each other anyway. I would be told to switch the feeds off after a flight by one instructor, another would say to leave it on incase someone doesn't do their checks properly and takes off...
loaflord 2 years ago
Thanks for the reply. Yes I have encountered the foibles of the handbrake. Also have suffered the CB popping when the flaps are deployed. Its the same CB that isolates the starter switch circuit.
With only a little time in 172s ( I have several hundred hours in PA28s) I was unprepared for the fuel crossfeed system. Parked up on a slope if the tank selector is left on both it feeds to the downslope tank and, possibly out of the overflow. Never mind, I am sure the grass will grow back one day.
blackprince291 2 years ago
Hi there I take it that Ravenair will want to keep their registration mark? G-RVRI was actually the second aircraft Id ever flown as a student, although it had the registration G-CCCC then. Not much more to say than its a classic old C-172 - stable, docile, it virtually flies itself. Any niggles that I can remember will have changed after being serviced over the years, such as rudder pressure, hand brake behaviour. Nothing outstanding springs to mind.
loaflord 2 years ago
I have just bought this ship. What was she like to fly?
blackprince2911 2 years ago