In case u are still stranded I sent you a PM for a potentially useful contact
Thank you Antonio!
I hope you get the help you need. I was stranded on a frozen lake ones with a flat tire, not a good feeling, but it was luckily resolved quickly.
I think this is an indication of the state of GA in Europe. What is needed is a crew of three:
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The main problem in this case could be that everyone is on holiday at this time of year. Getting anything done is difficult.
I think, gallois is correct. It seems that the main problem is lack of staff because they are all on holiday.
Iām travelling (by car ;( ) these days but if needed we can organise a ārescueā mission from Toulouse/Muret (LFBR); Iāve a Part66/Pilot friend who could probably fly over with jacks and tires.
I can sympathize with the OP. I popped a tire years ago on a 58P, my first time landing it in Denham and the PNF hit the brakes. We had a big struggle to fix that tire in London where you would imagine it would have been easy to get assistance. I got the tire and tube overnight from Watts Aviation, but we had to go at it with a car trolley jack and hand tools from a local autofactors.
Jacking an aeroplane, you either have the exact make and model jack that will do it cleanlyā¦ or you have extension poles and timber blocks and it becomes a real battle of wits. I bought a Bogert jack pad adapter for the 206 which allows you to use a trolley jack safely as opposed to the MM method. A jack without the aircraft-specific jack pad can be risky business.
Remember also that once on jack(s), the slightest wind can blow it off, and the jack is likely to go through the wing and possibly the fuel tank. Itās been doneā¦ That is the main reason one absolutely needs a hangar for the Annual, which is a huge āpolitical factorā in GAā¦ much discussed previously.
Some PA46 owners carry this: https://bogertaviation.com/collections/aircraft-jacks/products/tribal-jack
Which apparently can not only be used to change a tire but also to overfill the tanks
Peter wrote:
That is the main reason one absolutely needs a hangar for the Annual
It depends on the plane. Iāve had to āslum itā doing this stuff outdoors (changing tyres/repacking bearings etc), with the proper jacks on the in-built jacking points of our plane, itād take a hurricane to blow it off the jacks.