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Avionics, F50 Troubleshooting, F900 Troubleshooting

How do you retrieve the BIT Fault codes from a LaserRef1?

How do you retrieve the BIT Fault codes from a LaserRef1?

“BIT” button leads to 3 pages :
Bit 2- Current Status
Bit 3 – Last Flight
Bit 4 – All History

Now: lets look at the 270 word

One example is 0082 2800

Note the first two digits are 00 and the last two are 00.  they are unused digits in this scheme.

This Work sheet might help with the decode.

And the 270 Word definition, or the 350 word definition might help.

My notes from N850BA EGPWS squawk.

AircraftTroubleshooting

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