A lovely day weather wise and a busy day work wise on Saturday…

First thing in the morning, one of the risers had a mini service where it was greased ready for use during the day. Further work on the normnal airbrake issue saw us testing terminal blocks, connections and contactors…. First off the terminals on the contactor were disconnected and cleaned but as this didn’t resolve the issue we then checked the input side to the contactor in the bomb bay which pointed to a suspect red phase. The cables from the fuse panel to the contactor were then tested and all readings were fine which suggested that the issue was before this. The issue was then traced to the incoming red phase on panel 60P and deeper inspection revealed quite heavy corrosion on the connector from the S and A breakers. Three fuses on this feed had also blown which we suspect was a cascade failure as a result of the corrosion.

Outside of the aircraft, being the first weekend of the month, all ground equipment was run with the Sentinel and Coleman being given a run, the Palouste and Hydraulic rig were fired up and we even ran the AAPP on the aircraft. Meanwhile, work continued on the Sentinel and our Cadet helpers continued work on refurbishing the aircraft jacks.

Pictures this week are courtesy of Helen, Isi, James, Len and Matt