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Oh hey, with the new plane you will have to do up a new Maintenance Control Manual (MCM) and get it approved through T/C as well.
In my research though everything Cessna, I got approval to change the scheduled interval inspection on our 182 from every 50 hours to 100 hrs (with a 200 annual).
Now that I said that, you would have to be mental to actually go 100 hrs on an oil change, pretty much mandatory to do it every 50 hours unless you like to pay mega $$$ in extra repair bills. So why go the limit? I am sick an tired of paying $80 for a AME/AMO to scribble a single line in a book and "allow" me to run on an extension of 10 more hours. $80 pretty much pays for the oil so if we run up close to 50 hours just before the weekend, let her go up to the normal extension times and it costs you nothing more.
Dig through the manuals and find the proof to back up your claim and you can not be refused :)
In my research though everything Cessna, I got approval to change the scheduled interval inspection on our 182 from every 50 hours to 100 hrs (with a 200 annual).
Now that I said that, you would have to be mental to actually go 100 hrs on an oil change, pretty much mandatory to do it every 50 hours unless you like to pay mega $$$ in extra repair bills. So why go the limit? I am sick an tired of paying $80 for a AME/AMO to scribble a single line in a book and "allow" me to run on an extension of 10 more hours. $80 pretty much pays for the oil so if we run up close to 50 hours just before the weekend, let her go up to the normal extension times and it costs you nothing more.
Dig through the manuals and find the proof to back up your claim and you can not be refused :)
Anyways, here are a bunch of LSTC (limited STC) for a skydiving jump door for Cessna 182’s some are a G model as well (Canadian Transport Canada no less).
QuoteThanks for all the help on the LSTC's and the info on the oil change interval.
riggerrob 643
Yes!
Oil is cheap, but steel is expensive.
Oil is cheap, but steel is expensive.
riggerrob 643
Try calling (Aircraft Maintenance Engineer) Don Bradshaw in Pitt Meadows. He maintained Pacific Skydivers' jump lanes for many years.
If Don cannot help you, he can refer you to a (Transport Canada) Designated Airworthiness Rep - in Ontario - who has gotten approval for several jump plane modifications.
If Don cannot help you, he can refer you to a (Transport Canada) Designated Airworthiness Rep - in Ontario - who has gotten approval for several jump plane modifications.
Anyways, here are a bunch of LSTC (limited STC) for a skydiving jump door for Cessna 182’s some are a G model as well (Canadian Transport Canada no less). That means it is for that specific plane only, not an open STC to everyone. It lists the certificate holder and contact information. That will help you a lot. Sorry, I can not find a regular STC for a Cessna 182.
I got our Cessna 206 completely jumpship ready last winter and that was all through a LSTC. There are no STC's that exist for a 206 for jump ship mods. I found another DZ that had a LSTC on their plane and when I contacted them, I made a deal with them to use the same engineering company and drawings they used for their LSTC and got T/C approval for our plane as well. Saved a ton of time and even more $$$.
I was able to get the door mod, instillation of jump step and extra seat belt (the 206 can handle the weight of an extra jumper). I initially contacted a Winnipeg company to start the whole process from scratch in doing up the engineering and after all their required flight tests and approvals, I was quoted a price somewhere around the $10,000 mark. Crazy stupid price so I found plan B and traveled the path someone else had already forged, life is easier that way instead of trying to reinvent the wheel from scratch :) Pay the LSTC holder a little and get permission to use the same engineering company he used for his approval.
Good Luck.
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