Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInspections are an imperfect process
Season 1 Episode 41
While one owner has too much of a good thing and lots of shops to choose from, another is second-guessing if the massive check to the cylinder shop w…
2 years, 6 months ago
Don't attack anything with tools
Season 1 Episode 40
Did Paul give us the definitive guide on how to hot start an airplane? Try his technique and see what you think. Also, unnecessary cylinder removals,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Live from Airventure 2023
Episode 39
Live from EAA Airventure 2023, check out our second in-person show. The questions come fast, and everything from proper leaning to oil leaks is cover…
2 years, 7 months ago
My airplane is so clean you can eat off it
Season 1 Episode 38
How to start an airplane, whether or not to wash an airplane for an annual, flying through smoke, and high TITs are all on tap for this grab bag of a…
2 years, 7 months ago
The only thing that can cause CHT to rise that fast is pre-ignition
Season 1 Episode 36
In two separate but similar incidents, owners want to know whether their cracked spark plug insulators caused pre-ignition or if detonation ruined th…
2 years, 8 months ago
I'm a total turbocharging bigot
Season 1 Episode 35
Paul and Colleen broadcast from Dayton, Ohio, for Aviation Maintenance Technician Day, and together with Mike, do their best to help owners suffering…
2 years, 9 months ago
Pop that cowling off and squirt away
Season 1 Episode 34
A grab bag of unique questions come at Mike, Paul, and Colleen this month, including whether to buy new or overhaul, how prop stops work, what happen…
2 years, 10 months ago
This is a classic infant mortality failure
Episode 33
With two important airworthiness directives recently issued for Continental engines and Cessna Cardinals and 210s, Mike, Paul, and Colleen dig deep o…
2 years, 11 months ago
The airplane looks like it's having brain surgery
Season 1 Episode 32
Mike, Paul, and Colleen debate the difference between a bribe and incentive pricing, discuss how much carbon in the oil filter is too much, counsel a…
3 years ago
You may have to go to a different shop
Season 1 Episode 31
This month Mike, Paul, and Colleen give an owner the ammo he needs to not overhaul his engine prematurely, help console an owner with super hot cylin…
3 years, 1 month ago