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Falcon related stuff, General Tooling List

Laptop XP SP2, NOT SP3, “slipstream” an xpsp3 disk if you have to.

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Unitelligble Notes from the past

1. XP find no HDD present, therefore refuses to load XP install disk:
I can tell you EXACTLY what you need
I just went through this very same mess a few weeks ago when I bought my father a Gateway Laptop that had Vista Home on it. He definitely did NOT want Vista, so I went to reasearch and also to accomplish the mission. It should seem simple, as when I have ever loaded XP SP2 onto a SATA drive, I have never had an issue. Till now. XP defeated every attempt to load it, by hook or crook. I found a hint at a web site forum and found the secret.
For some insane reason, the gods at Redmond have managed to work some magic that has disabled the autoload of SP2 for the SATA drivers. We are back in the stone age of having to load at the intial start of the XP process the SATA drivers the old way. To do this you will need a USB floppy drive (thank goodness they did not remove USB support or we all would be toast). Almost any drive should work, but there is an off chance you may have a compatability issue (why, I don’t know but that was a caution I found in several other posts) with a specific drive. I can say a Memorex USB floppy (39.00 at Staples), worked ok with the Intel 845 chipset on this board. You will then need the correct (and I do mean correct) XP SATA driver for you chipset. You will load this driver onto a computer with a floppy drive (or use the USB one you now have), and it should automatically have an .exe file that will make the floppy for you. Once you have that, then you can fire up the laptop, and when it says “Press F8 to load third party SATA(or Raid) driver”, do so with you floppy plugged in and the disk inside it. Make sure you have floppy enabled in your bios if it is an option (was not in Gateway’s skeletal bios). It should then start loading the SATA driver, finish, and continue the rest of the XP load.
Thank you, Bill, for making our lives backward compatable! What greedy maroons….
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=239289&messageID=2331486
Here is one work around:
You must enter the bios and flip one setting
By default most machine are being set to AHCI by default. You must change it to either one of the two choices. IBM and Dell list them differently. You must change it to “SEPERATE IDE DRIVES” or to “Compatibility”Restart the computer after saving changes and you are back in business.I believe if you tab to the second row of the menus selections on the top of the Bios it will be in that row. Our BIOS does not have the BIOS SWITCH for Older HDD Compatibility.
2. I used the Linux DualBoot feature to work around this

remember the SLIPSTREAM disk Brew-ha-ha

End uniteligble notes
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KI-45-001 Maintenance Kit:

AE876 3165.00 list
AE876-800 185.60
AE876-801 533.40
Quote # 340904

 

AEGIS SW, 422 converter for downloading

 

 

E-Engine, 422 converter Engine Download Cable,

MW turbsocal@gmail.com

Qty 1  Falcon 900EX TFE 731 DEEC download patch cable.  $300.00
shipping would be 7 dollars…
Also the 50EX with the agis software , I believe you download from the cockpit correct? just send me what you got “wire schematic” or what not.  and smae with the BASC patch cable info as well.

 

PROCOM

 

 

 

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? Flap Breakout Box
? NWS Breakout Box
? TIC TR-220 (XPDR/TCAS/DME) Test Set
? ARINC 429 Databus analyzer
? Time Domain Reflectometer
? VHF Com VSWR interface harness
? Collins Proline II CTS-10 breakout box
? Universal D-Min connector breakout box
? Honeywell/Allied Signal AFIS DMU interface harness and
software
? Honeywell MCS Satcom Interface harness and software
? Rockwell Collins Airshow DIU Bench test harness
? Honeywell EGPWS (mark V/VII) Terrain Database PC
Card
? Honeywell EGPWS interface harness and software
? Honeywell RE100 Field Service Monitor
? Honeywell Satcom CMTI, ORT Tool, and Satmats software
? Honeywell Primus Download and Clear software
? Honeywell EGPWS Winviews software
? Allied Signal TCAS Diagnostic software
? Magnastar ARTU MMTI software
? Rosenview software
? Mid Continent Controls Flight Info and Stereo Amp
Config software
? Rockwell Collins Airshow TV software
? Bendix King Autopilot software
? ProComm software
? Universal TT-5000 Satcom software
? Universal TAWS Terminal Monitor and Config software
? Falcon 50, 900, 2000
? TFE 731 DEEC Download Kit
? Axle Adapters and single point jacks
? Axle Sockets
? Strut Service Tool
? Flap Roller Grease Adapter
? Jack Pads
? Falcon PC Card breakout box
? Pitot static heads (all models)
? Flight Control Throw Boards (All Models)
? Spring Loaded Fairing Tool
? Falcon Strut Fill Adapters
? Falcon Flap Jackscrew Backlash Tool
? Spanner Sockets
? Boost Pump Puller

 

protect f900ex pedistall

5.625X10.1 at the back of the pedistall

Foam32x15.5

aft end 7 n wide

taper starts at 16 goes to 20

throttles 3 in wide start at 2 go to 9

Flap start at 18, go to 20, r edge is 5 in from r side

speed brake

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Falcon grease tool notesSCN_0002 SCN_0001

 

 

 

 

AircraftTroubleshooting

Where can I find Pitot covers for the F900?

 

http://zaviation.ca/products/sesame/pitot%20covers.htm – Woven Kevlar fabric, These are my favorite.

I think the flags will magically fall off of  the covers the first trip after installation.

If some mythical pilot were motivated to cut the flags off, what would his reasons be?  Makes noise? Takes up too much room in the front drawer?  Scratches fuselage?

Is there any type of flag that would magically stay on?  Like a shorter one, maybe stiff enough that it would not wave and hit the fuselage? Smaller width? Sewn directly to the cover, so that it was not as free to flap?

 

Here are some other contenders.

http://degroffaviation.com/hot-pitot-shield.html – automatically falls off…….directly into the lateral engines…….

http://pitotshields.com/research.html Video, a little goofy…..

 

http://www.navaidsltd.net/Pitot-Probe-Cover-High-Temperature.html – plastic

http://www.avshop.com/product/Universal-Pitot-Tube-Cover/Basic-Aircraft-Supplies – old school , Baby.

we can also buy poor quality, overpriced ones from Falcon if we wish to.

 

Todd

 

 

AircraftTroubleshooting

Where do I find a list of the F900 Spare Bulbs

GE 327 –

GE 328,  or GE 387 – 28V T1

GE 1495 –

304 – BMB Isle lights, 2 pins on base

311 – MSC work light

WL-1315 – bmb spot lights in the headliner

 

GE 1308

 

gGE 313

 

CM45

da-27 DevoreLogo Light

 

6838 WIRE LEADS Small annunciator

 

6839 SMALLER THAN T1, TALL

 

701-2180 – bulb plus socket for overhead switch panel.

GE 1683 large bayonet

628 nav light

GE43

nfc3a

83 – small , shaped like a t1 only smaller

 

ge 1683

 

GE 305

 

GE 307

J12B  Oversize bulb for vanity.

 

 

7049 – very small single center pin, pin is spring loaded.

is that the same WI28t1pb15F for the Config Panel?

F900EX fire control panel.  Bulb AST.83 longer and smaller around than a 386. Coukd be OL3115.

7009. Extremly small 2 wire bulbs. Shorter than 6838

 

AircraftTroubleshooting, Avionics

What are the EASA requirements for DFDR and CVR installations?

Here is my analysis of the specific requirements for DFDR Channel count requirements for

F900B S/N 051, Type certA46EU, originally issued March 7, 1979:

ICAO Annex 5 Part I, chapter 6

After reviewing every exciting paragraph carefully, we are NOT required to have a Type I, Type IA, Type II, OR a TYPE IIA recorder. These types of recorders have concisely defined lists of required parameters.

The paragraph that we are forced to comply is 6.3.1.2.9, and 6.3.1.2.10, including a), and b).

These requirements are VERY VAGUE and obviously meant to be looser requirements than the Type 1and type 2 recorder installations.

ICAO_DFDR_CVR

 

How do we comply?

 

DFDR P/N 980-4700-25 in BMB and BZZ:

 

We can now use the HHDLU owned by Duncan BTL.  Contact Scott Davis at FTW to rent it.

 

Send the results of the download to

 

http://www.aeroinst.com/

 

Also send this list:

 

FalconAMM_Ch31_Appendix A

 

then fight through the results to see if anything is REALLY missing?  File the results.

 

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some old notes

 

OTAR 91.140 (a) (1) (ii) 

 

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Now then…. here is the history that was set in motion by the insistence of Dan Staina.

The items that we have been complying with up to this point are:
ICAO Annex 6 , Appendix 8, Section 7.
7.1 is complied by the Pilot’s Taxi Checklist.
         we got that sorted out 2 years ago with a Notice To Staff.
7.2 a), and b)  is complied by pulling the DFDR and sending it to Honeywell…..GIGANTIC pain in the behind.  Honeywell provides a letter that states the DFDR is correctly recording the parameters that the Falcon work card calls for. (32 parameter list)
c) is complied by having the pilots pull the C/B on the Taxi In prior to the removal.. That way we capture a full flight for Honeywell Analysis.
d) Honeywell.
e) The Falcon work cards fully test the CVR operation in the airplane.
f) “where practical” The CVR’s are removed  and read out every year. The CVR from BZZ goes to Duncan for readout. Honeywell for the other CVR’s.  We retain a voice CD of the recordings.  I was been verifying the “Intelligibility” myself by listening to the .WAV file.
I say that is SUPREMELY  UNPRACTICAL. I would like to suggest that you quit doing this and change the CAMP code to AS REQUIRED
g) N/A , none of the aircraft are fit with AIR (Video Recording)
7.4 we comply with this by filing the Honeywell and Duncan results right in the work order binder.
7.5 a) this is due on BMB.  It is not due on BZZ because it has been installed less than 5 years.  Best I can tell, this is ONLY the calibration of the 3 resistors that report the control column position.
This is the best summary of where we stood 6 months or so ago.
Portion of the ICAO ANNEX attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AircraftTroubleshooting, Avionics

What are the Standard Data Interfaces for a DFDR?

ARINC Report 657 Airborne Recorder File Format

This document defines the characteristics necessary to standardize the airborne recorder download file format in order to facilitate data import, transcription, and exchange. A standardized data format will reduce the variety of readout equipment required for airborne recorder data transcription. This document defines the detailed architecture of the Recorder Standard Output (RSO) file. The architecture is a tagged file structure within which many different files and their formats can be supported. The structure is necessary to support newer recording requirements for flight data, data link, audio, and image recording. This structure is intended for use with all civil recorders and should support use with military recorders.

Last Print: 02/2009
Price (PAPER): $196.00
Price (PDF): $98.00

Godd reegulatory discussion

FrenchBEAonFDRs

This AIRINC overview includes a detail of Airinc 573, for flight data recorders

ARINCTutorial

AircraftTroubleshooting

Tool Box clean up

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Diagonal cutters

 

 

 

Wrench Rail

http://www.ernstmfg.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24_20&products_id=46

tool box foam

 

Try FAST-CAP foam, or ROCKLER woodworking

http://www.rockler.com/fastcap-kaizen-tool-storage-foam?gclid=Cj0KEQiA0aemBRC8p87zv_mc5qYBEiQAiEEMQd7zayUYYAPzul367wPYZhxD6Gcji6ittqWfr9AL2oMaAqrC8P8HAQ&sid=V9146&utm_campaign=PL&utm_content=pla&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=

 

 

foam blanks

 

http://foamfittools.com/toolfoam.html

 

better qualty

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http://plasticeng.com/tool-control/shadowboards-tooltrays

 

19.75 X 37.375Deep drawer is 14

5.5 tall.

Lower left large drawer is 7.5 tall 19.75 X 37.375

 wood is 15 x 19.5

http://www.eaglepkgdesign.com/contactus.html for foam

 

 

Pelican 1650, very bottom shelf is flat 19×14

J?

Tool for small fold over pins

iwiss crimper tool

 

Torqset

Torx nazi

 

Milwawkee

Drawer.  163/8 In by.   12 3/4In

Inside15 3/4.  12 1/4

 

 

 

 

start milwawkee

 

shipping bumper

small box

21×16 1 each

23×17

Red toolbox

7 in off ground.   Bolts 3.5 x 2

 

Tool lodge crushable foam

 

I recently went to Woodcraft and purchased the Kaizen foam. It comes in a huge sheet for $25. Its enough product to do multiple cases!

 

If you want more dense foam i’d recommend the Kaizen Fastcap foam instead of plasti-dip. Woodcraft and other sellers have it   https://www.woodcraf…7mm-2-1-4-black

 

Here’s a thread I started on my implementation

*This is the same brand of foam Celestron uses as their scope packing as well as Explore Scientific and others for eyepiece containers…Really easy to work with

 

https://www.cloudyni…am#entry7788401

 

 

 

 

 

F900 Troubleshooting

What would happen if you flew a Falcon 900 with the #2 Cowl latches loose?

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This aircraft took off with the # 2 cowl latches loose.

Flew to destination airport. All was fine until the TR opened, then….$1.3 million in damage.

Here is a shot of the airplane SECONDS before the indecent, caught by happenstance by a Airliners.net phototog.

Here is the cowl on the ground

Here is what is left of the cowl on the engine

Keep your head about you boys…. the penalty for inattention is high.

todd

And Again. The penalties are high

Video of a Falcon 10, bad day at the hangar

AircraftTroubleshooting

How would you troubleshoot a HF radio?

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most reliable troubleshooting will occur OUTSIDE, 50 feet or so away from the building.  APU running is preferable to a gpu.

does the darn thing work at all?

does the display light up

set up the audio panel correctly, do not transmit yet.

will it make white noise?

will it even make a pop when the on/off button is pushed

will it even make a pop when the cb is pulled and reset.

does the darn thing even receive?
    tune to WWVB
          5000, or 10000, or 15000, or 20000 or 25000
          can you hear the click/clack of the standard time transmission?
          listen for one minute.  can  you hear the voice announce the minute mark?
                  this is a VERY weak signal on Bermuda
          you can transmit from a known good airplane nearby.
this will be a extremely strong signal.
 
Transmit tests:
does the darn tuning capacitor work?
    tune to a unused frequency. 5432.1 for example.
    select USB
    be sure audio panel is set to transmit HF, rather than VHF.
    key the handmic for 1 second.
the display should flash for 3 to 15 seconds, then go steady.
    try a midrange freq like 15432.1, and a upper freq like 29876.1
does the HF transmit darn high power?
     after the unit “tunes” the tuning capacitor, you are ready to transmit high power.
     transmit via the hand mic.
          “TX” may appear on the display, depending on model of hf.
does the APU amp meter increase10 amps or more?
          do you hear sidetone in the headphones?
          a small cheap am radio sitting on the wing will blare out your transmission.
          supposedly, a 4 foot florescent light  bulb held near the antenna will glow.                 ymmv.
 
call new york radio for a radio check.
 
Land line number is 631-589-7272 to prearrange a HF check
 
Here is a PDF that give some AIRINC communications proceedures
 
 
old notes————————————————————————————————–

scan of a Cheat Sheet

and some old notes

Collins cedar rapids
Collins cedar rapids
316-946-4800 – Work
Notes
13312 usb for HF

try 8.918 for new york

8.939 USB for New Youk

also try 6577

also try 13297

Web Site for some suggested frequencies:

http://www.hamuniverse.com/aerofreq.html

 

Try these for NY Radio from Bermuda

3016

5598

8906

13306

17946

21964 kHz

 

Here is another PDF with some frequwency:

HF_FrequChart

 

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Which brand HF requires nitrogen n2 pressure in the power amp?

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request a selcal check.

Here is the HF error code page for hf9000

This is Duncan’s trouble shooting SB guide for the 950

http://www.duncanaviation.aero/intelligence/201312/index.php

Consider the following:

  1. Is Service Bulletin (SB) 8 installed in the KTR-953 (Receiver Exciter)?
  2. Are SBs 9, 10, 11 and 13 installed in the KAC-952 (Antenna Coupler)?
  3. What is the distance (> or < 3 feet) between the mounting location of the KAC-952 and the KTR-953?
  4. What type of antenna (shunt or long wire) is being used on your aircraft?

The following is a list and description of relevant SBs:

KTR-953

SB 8: To reduce transmit distortion encountered when the KTR-953 is mounted in a different location (> 3 feet) than the KAC-952.

KAC-952

SB 9: To improve common mode rejection encountered when the KAC-952 and the KTR-953 are installed in separate locations.

SB 10: To reduce transmitter distortion when the KAC-952 is mounted more that three feet from the KTR-953.

SB 11: To prevent the failure of the power amplifier driver and final transistors.

SB 13: Mod 13 improves the tuning reliability of some shunt antennas.

Troubleshooting

KTR-953 SB 8 must be installed simultaneously as KAC-952 SBs 9 and 10 to achieve proper system operation and prevent possible unit failure. If SB 9 and 10 are not installed on the KAC-952, SB8 may cause damage to the power transistors that can cost in excess of $2400.

If the SBs are installed in the KAC-952 but not in the KTR-953, the system may not function properly by either not tuning or being intermittent in performance.

We highly recommend you comply with SB 11 due to its description and the increasing cost of the power transistors.

If you are using a shunt style antenna, Service Bulletin 13 in the KAC-952 should definitely be installed. In our experience the installation of SB 13 will not affect the performance when used with a long wire antenna.

Some other KHF-950 notes:

Remember the SB’s that are applicable to the Falcon 900 only

Bridging amp coaxes must be crossed

The coax at the receiver/exciter can be unplugged.  Insert a 10 or 20 foot test lead as a antenna

clean up all of the dual capacitor connections

 

HF 950 TreoubleshootingDownload