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Matt,
While I don't remember my DAR, Dave Morris, doing a
gear swing, he did spend half a day going through the
plane. That was in 2004. He did check all of the rod
ends for freedom of movement and security. He did
look for torque seal to varify that nothing was over
looked. Checked all of the engine controls for proper
operation and freedom of movement. He found a lot of
things for us to fix. It took us a day to get things
back together and ready for the test flight. Funny thing that would made me think twice about test
flying the plane, but the next day Dave is in the
plane getting ready to start and the plastic hand grip
on the control stick came off in his hand. Who would
have guessed that it was not tight. You just cannot
be too carefull.
Art Jensen
Legacy 927J
--- Dennis Johnson <pinetownd@volcano.net> wrote:
Hi Matt,
The DAR who signed off my Legacy last spring did not
require a gear swing when he did the inspection. He
spent about 45 minutes checking my paperwork and
about 45 minutes inspecting the airplane. I had the
cowling and access covers removed and the wheels
were sitting on the ground, not on jacks. He
verified that the flight controls were free and
correct and that the throttle, prop, and mixture
controls operated smoothly throughout the full range
and that the knobs did not "bottom out" when pushed
in all the way. He spent several minutes looking at
the engine.
He did a walk around inspection that was similar to
a good preflight inspection. He did not check
torque on any fasteners and did not check the
"witness" holes in rod end bearings. I talked to
him a week before the inspection to make sure that I
had the airplane the way he wanted it before he came
to inspect it. Good luck,
Dennis Johnson
Legacy #257, now over 100 hours tach time
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