BobbyMcGee
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Oh yeah, another note that might interest everyone. A lot of u are saying that any little crash or bad landing could damage a turbine,, and that it should be sent for inspection, right?? Ok, so, I have just confirmed with Barry from Kingtech that Shaun has never sent his turbine for repairs. Hmm, how is that, u ask? A turbine that was in a crash? I will tell u, because my turbine was in that aircraft when it went down, a simple swap to do. I have been trying to upload photos of the f18 from yesterday, for some reason, it's not working, anyone has any ideas why? This will prove the my f18 never crashed or was damaged, except for the gear door. What else can I do?? I took, what I thought was a brand new turbine out of, what I thought was a new aircraft. I got those finding's. I conveyed with the builder and he denied and tried to blame the turbine supplier first. I contacted the turbine supplier and he was upset to hear this and suggested I send the turbine to him right away. I sent the turbine. Shortly after, a report from Kingtech confirms that I fact the turbine was in a crash. I have made the report available to everyone. I sent the email I got from Kingtech stating that the damaged turbine they have was indeed the one they sent, brand new, to Shaun. I was also shipped an incomplete aircraft. I now know why Shaun did not care that I would use RCU against him, because all his friends would back him up, even if he is wrong. Anyway, as soon Ias I figure out how to somehow get the photos and video of the aircraft taken yesterday, they will be up.
George, please look at my answer # 3 in my post # 205. You did get the same turbine from Shaun that was purchased by you and sent to him to be installed in your F-18. The serial number 163F, confirms this, as reported by KingTech. You are simply mistaken on this point.
The damage to your compressor wheel is consistent with FOD debris being sucked into the engine due to your flying the jet off a soccer field that is loaded with debris, small rocks, dry dirt, sand, grass clippings, maybe broken glass and beer bottles, and other things. You fly from a soccer field ... anything and everything is on that grass. It not protected from debris. And flying off grass sucks in more debris than you can imagine!
The outside damage to the housing and starter support is also consistent with being dropped, or the starter probe being struck by large debris that was sucked up from the soccer field. KingTech should have also noted that. I guess they were just thinking "crash" when they wrote the estimate and failed to cover other possibilities.
As far as the repair to the starter support, we don't know. It looks like JB weld to me because of the color. But we don't know who did that repair. Maybe you, maybe Shaun? But from the looks of things, we tend to think it was you. Either way, it's an inexpensive repair cost from KingTech.
As far as the landing gear or door coming off on the first flight ... Yes, that is possible when taking off from grass. Grass puts a lot of stress on landing gears and can pull things loose or break a door off on the first flight. Grass is constantly tugging on those parts. The faster you go, the more pressure is put on the parts that come into contact with the grass ... gear struts, wheels, and gear doors. Those things happen.
Being that the nosewheel is so far forward of the intakes, that nosewheel can stir up an enormous amount of debris that can be sucked into the intakes and the turbine. You have no idea how much debris can be tossed up from that nosewheel. Especially when the dirt is dry, or when landing fast or hard.
Just for curiousity, can you also post a picture of the underside of the F-18? It won't change much, but at least we can see it.
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