MU2 AT -40

AEROMONKEY · Post by **AEROMONKEY** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:22 am

Its -40 somethin with the wind here in YQT and i get a call for all 6 tanks of fuel on an MU2......gee i love my job sometimes!

Sulako · Post by **Sulako** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:38 am

Who could have possibly predicted that airplanes want gas even in winter? The nerve of them, asking a fueller for fuel...

Just messin' with ya, dress warm!

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:38 am

All their pretty Zero's are on the bottom of the Pacific. They had to get even some how.

Krashman · Post by **Krashman** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:13 am

Zing!!!

linecrew · Post by **linecrew** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:23 am

Sulako wrote:Who could have possibly predicted that airplanes want gas even in winter? The nerve of them, asking a fueller for fuel...

Just messin' with ya, dress warm!

Fueling a plane is not bad...however fueling an Mu-2 is like a bad joke so add in -40 degree temps and you have my utmost sympathy.

It's a good things those fukrz are so bloody loud when they taxi. It gives you a heads up to hide in the back of the FBO hangar and let someone else fuel it.

MZUNGO · Post by **MZUNGO** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:00 pm

i dont care how shitty my day was as an ame i will never miss fueling. not for one second

Lever · Post by **Lever** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:07 pm

Do those p.o.s. garretts even work at that temp? Sounds like Pratt country to me.

Sulako · Post by **Sulako** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:29 pm

The MU-2 is good to -54 on the ground, if I remember correctly.
I think it was a limitation of the jet A fuel, not the airplane.

Splatm · Post by **Splatm** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:36 pm

Something about Jet-A turning to jello at -40C and Jet-A1 at -47C. I'm guessing northern operations are mainly done on Jet-B?

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:22 pm

Lever wrote:Do those p.o.s. garretts even work at that temp? Sounds like Pratt country to me.

I'd take a couple Garretts over a Pratt any day. Love those things.

stl

DHC3Rwannafly · Post by **DHC3Rwannafly** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:33 pm

sky's the limit wrote:
Lever wrote:Do those p.o.s. garretts even work at that temp? Sounds like Pratt country to me.

I'd take a couple Garretts over a Pratt any day. Love those things.

stl

Anyone?

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:09 pm

DHC3Rwannafly wrote:
sky's the limit wrote:
Lever wrote:Do those p.o.s. garretts even work at that temp? Sounds like Pratt country to me.

I'd take a couple Garretts over a Pratt any day. Love those things.

stl
Anyone?

It's true. Loved flying them.

stl

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:20 pm

My favorite small twin was the Turbo commander 690B and it had Garretts, great little engine.

AEROMONKEY · Post by **AEROMONKEY** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:35 pm

No more JETB in YQt haven't used it in ages....JETA with additive!!

ScudRunner · Post by **ScudRunner** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:19 pm

Aight Im new to the Garrets but aside from being loud, I kinda like the little things.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:47 pm

. wrote:Aight Im new to the Garrets but aside from being loud, I kinda like the little things.

A Twin Otter with Garrets, now that'd be a machine....

styles · Post by **styles** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:39 am

You guys always do a great job topping up our moo2, keep it up! (yeah I agree -40 bites it hard).

Styles

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:21 pm

Just fill one tip tank all the way untill the thing tips over. You'll have the rest of the day off guaranteed.

wtf_over · Post by **wtf_over** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:44 pm

I'd take a couple Garretts over a Pratt any day. Love those things.

WHAT??????

kilpicki · Post by **kilpicki** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:21 am

Will the Garrett run on Artic Diesel? We ran the Pratt and Warners for many hrs on it.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:04 am

wtf_over wrote:
I'd take a couple Garretts over a Pratt any day. Love those things.
WHAT??????

So have any of you Pratt lovers ever flown Garrets on anything other than a Metro, or at ALL??? They're great engine for flyability, it's like driving a piston, you want power now, you get it now. Besides, who the hell doesn't like making a shitload of noise??? The 727 is still the sexist airplane in the sky....

I think this Garret hating stance is some sort of fad, or "in thing" to do, passed down the line to people who are happy to carry it forward with no personal experience with them. Yes, in OLD days long before most of us ever considered flying, Garrets had some issues, but they've been sorted and are a super little unit. The Metro installation is not great, so I see the point of the folks driving that thing, but it's not like that across the board.

Having flown both in a number of different machines, I personally prefer the Garret. Yes the Pratt is a very good stove, but it's not perfect.

Just my take.

stl

ScudRunner · Post by **ScudRunner** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:13 am

Oh man Im going to be the Authority on all the Avcanada threads soon PC-12 VS King Air , PT6 Vs Garretts
Bush Vs Shaven.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:43 am

Which do you like Skud, bush or shaven?

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:54 am

. wrote:Oh man Im going to be the Authority on all the Avcanada threads soon PC-12 VS King Air , PT6 Vs Garretts
Bush Vs Shaven[/i].

Is Shaven the Democrat???

stl

ei ei owe · Post by **ei ei owe** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:18 pm

I'm more of a hardwood man rather than shag.

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