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Vic Syracuse

Vic Syracuse
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Vic is a fixed-wing and helicopter commercial pilot, CFII with ASMEL/ASES ratings, an A&P/IA, DAR, and EAA technical advisor and flight counselor. Passionately involved in aviation for over 40 years, he has built 11 aircraft and logged over 10,000 hours in 72 different kinds of aircraft. Vic volunteers as a Young Eagle pilot, has his own sport aviation business called Base Leg Aviation, and has written two books on aircraft prebuy and condition inspections.

No Spark—No Joy

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High-resistance plugs and tester.

Checkpoints

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Prepping for the sale.

Forgot the Safety Wire?

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Brake caliper without safety wire.

Checkpoints

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Backups-do we need them?

Rotation—Castellation

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Wrong nuts.

Checkpoints

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Airworthiness prep.

More Toys

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Back in July 2014, I wrote a column justifying all of the toys we pilots like to have in the cockpit. Some are pricey,...

Brittle Hose

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Burnt intake hose.

Checkpoints

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Bad building practices.

Progressive Maintenance

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Using a progressive maintenance program can be fun instead of it being an annual headache.

In Case You Missed It

Building the ‘Beater – Part 6

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As promised, Lycoming delivered the Thunderbolt engine in December to Vertical Aviation. Since this...

CircuitMaker for Aircraft

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What a spaghetti diagram! Not really.

Vortex M912 Gyroplane

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Low and slow, even in the wind. By Karl Storjohann.

Clinks, Clunks, Tinks & Turns

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Marc Cook explodes the not-invented-here myth, and explores what makes our panel equipment ergonomically sound—or not.