X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:30:22 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-ee0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.6) with ESMTPS id 6460677 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:16:06 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.83.46; envelope-from=legacyl2k@gmail.com Received: by mail-ee0-f46.google.com with SMTP id c13so2867124eek.19 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:15:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.14.115.133 with SMTP id e5mr32326012eeh.27.1378750530783; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:15:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [172.16.0.70] (175-158.62-188.cust.bluewin.ch. [188.62.158.175]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id b45sm23960025eef.4.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:15:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [LML] ECi Cylinders References: From: Mike Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-5F3741A0-B9D3-4044-A983-2F72ADBF1A6D X-Mailer: iPad Mail (9B206) In-Reply-To: X-Original-Message-Id: <31270045-12D1-4756-8B13-46DA43105730@gmail.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 20:15:26 +0200 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-5F3741A0-B9D3-4044-A983-2F72ADBF1A6D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii As far as I can tell the cylinders on the Cirrus are not effective to this p= lanned AD. If I'm not mistaken most Cirrus (non-turbo) have the IO-550N. T= his engine has the induction on the top side and exhaust on the bottom. =46rom= what I have read this type of cylinder in not effective to this AD. Sent from my iPad On Sep 9, 2013, at 1:52 PM, "Dennis Johnson" wrote: > I don't know how many of us might be affected by the potential ECi cylinde= r AD, but here is an interesting article by Mike Busch, a pilot, A&P, and ow= ner of Savvy Aviator, Inc., which among other things manages the maintenance= on many Cirrus airplanes. He makes a good case that replacing the cylinder= s would likely do more harm than good.=20 > =20 > With the permission of the author, it is attached to this email. > =20 > Dennis > Legacy 640 hours on an IO-550 EXP=20 > =20 > =20 > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.htm= l --Apple-Mail-5F3741A0-B9D3-4044-A983-2F72ADBF1A6D Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
As far as I can tell the cylinders on the Cirrus are not effective to this planned AD.  If I'm not mistaken most Cirrus (non-turbo) have the IO-550N.  This engine has the induction on the top side and exhaust on the bottom.  From what I have read this type of cylinder in not effective to this AD.

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On Sep 9, 2013, at 1:52 PM, "Dennis Johnson" <pinetownd@volcano.net> wrote:

I don't know how many of us might be affected by the potential ECi cylinder AD, but here is an interesting article by Mike Busch, a pilot, A&P, and owner of Savvy Aviator, Inc., which among other things manages the maintenance on many Cirrus airplanes.  He makes a good case that replacing the cylinders would likely do more harm than good. 
 
With the permission of the author, it is attached to this email.
 
Dennis
Legacy 640 hours on an IO-550 EXP 
 
 
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