Ask the A&Ps
Experts Mike Busch, Paul New, and Colleen Sterling answer your toughest aviation maintenance questions. Submit questions to podcasts@aopa.org. New episodes are released the first and fifteenth of every month.
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"This guy is on his own, he's a test pilot"
The best plugs, advice for a Van's customer, and is carb heat necessary?
63 min
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"Let us know how the exorcism goes"
Ridding an engine of it's demons
57 min
53
"The breather is a slobber pot"
An engine that won't quit, oil temps, tuned exhausts, and ELT batteries
53 min
54
"Think of the prop control as a gear shift"
Valve lapping, oversquare, and the basics of leaning
50 min
55
"Major and minor is in the eye of the beholder"
Can you make your own electronic components? The experts discuss.
59 min
56
"It's not good form to jam the throttle forward"
How to use a borescope, best throttle practices, and keeping water out of the tanks
58 min
57
"We call it an Italian tune-up"
Valve clatter, damage history that isn't, why POH numbers change, and more
54 min
58
"Use whatever time runs the slowest"
When the tachometers don't agree, which one do you pick?
55 min
59
"You can't fully pickle it"
A curiously rough running engine, another that's cursed, and one that needs to be preserved are on the agenda.
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"Cleaning injectors causes more problems than i...
55 min
61
"Why don't you just fix the problem?"
Cold-weather flying, radio issues, and how to become an A&P
61 min
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"It's not the mechanic's job to make flying che...
A wonky compass, lean of peak advice, and liabilities of being a mechanic
55 min
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"Inspections are an imperfect process"
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64
"Don't attack anything with tools"
How to hot start, a faulty tach, and unnecessary cylinder removals
51 min
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Live from Airventure 2023
Mike, Paul, and Colleen take live questions from this year's Oshkosh
48 min
66
"My airplane is so clean you can eat off it"
Washing during annual, turbocharging problems, how to start an airplane, and more
59 min
67
"The only that thing that can cause CHT to rise...
Engines are blowing up all over in this latest epiosde
60 min
68
"I'm a total turbocharging bigot"
Turbocharging versus non, engine stumbles, improper fuel levels and more
73 min
69
"Pop that cowling off and squirt away"
New engines, prop stops, and warbirds
64 min
70
"This is a classic infant mortality failure"
Digging deep into two new important ADs, engine monitors, and more
70 min
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"The airplane looks like it's having brain surg...
55 min
72
"You may have to go to a different shop"
Convincing an owner not to euthanize his engine, super cold cylinders, and fun with oxygen
50 min
73
"There are critters living in there"
58 min
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"You have two options and a top overhaul isn't ...
Morning sickness, slow Skyhawks, supply chain problems, and more
61 min
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"All engines deserve an engine monitor in their...
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