Adrian Smith 1 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I was happily flying my Dymond 50cc Sbach 232 on an sunny Suffolk Thursday morning when towards the end of the fourth flight there came the dreaded phuut! and the engine cut on the downwind leg of all places. It is testament to the lightness and good design of the aircraft that I had enough height to glide and complete the downwind leg and turn into wind and execute a near perfect dead stick on the runway, even if I say it myself. I couldn't restart it so that's it for the day and back to the workshop and investigate. Now the OS gasser in the plane is normally sooooo reliable, but anyway started to investigate from the tank forwards, nothing amiss with the tank, plumbing, filter, fuel getting to the carby no probem. Well last thing to check is the spark plug. Lo and behold the plug boot had worked itself loose and was not fully pushed in. Oh the dreaded vibration bird! Note to myself to check the fit after every couple of flights. Anyway fuelled up in the workshop yard for a test and she fired on the first twist of the starter and ran perfectly. Why is it the thing that's wrong is quite often the last thing you check? Anyway lesson learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark a Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Most models are lost due to people forgetting to check the basics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 If its a flexible plug cover (as mine are) you could cable tie round the plug cap to help clamp it on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Posted by Adrian Smith 1 on 08/11/2014 16:24:02: Why is it the thing that's wrong is quite often the last thing you check? Because there's no point looking elsewhere once you've located the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Posted by PatMc on 08/11/2014 17:09:06: Posted by Adrian Smith 1 on 08/11/2014 16:24:02: Why is it the thing that's wrong is quite often the last thing you check? Because there's no point looking elsewhere once you've located the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Posted by PatMc on 08/11/2014 17:09:06: Posted by Adrian Smith 1 on 08/11/2014 16:24:02: Why is it the thing that's wrong is quite often the last thing you check? Because there's no point looking elsewhere once you've located the problem. Chuckle John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunie Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 As I say to my customers " it probably won't be the first place I look but will definitely be the last, because once I've found the problem I stop looking." Shaunie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted hughes Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 We should say to ourselves, "where is the last place I would look, what is least likely to have caused the problem" then we would find it straight away in the first place we looked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinBrian Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Posted by ted hughes on 27/06/2015 12:10:43: We should say to ourselves, "where is the last place I would look, what is least likely to have caused the problem" then we would find it straight away in the first place we looked! Which would also be the last place you look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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