Word I heard was they lost some key staff to MT. Seems they lack backup people with the quals and experience .
In their system the authorities have a name attached to them. As I understand it the UK agent has the quals to do overhauls and I mean the whole nine yards leading edge strip and all. They are the only service Centre after Hoffmann so Hoffmann is currently outsourcing service to the UK agent. This is what I have heard. It makes sense as I know when Limbach changed hands they continued getting Pete Salomon after he left the company to come in and sign off their form 1 and form 2 certificates until they got someone else up to speed and approved. That took many months to happen. Like I said it seem the authorities apply to individuals as much as for organizations. I know of a club that ordered a new prop from east coast propellers in march last year. They are still waiting. This is I think going to be an ongoing problem with Hoffmann. They want to do all servicing in their factory so we have a distance issue and crap service life limitations. I haven’t seen a timber wing depart a structure due to fatigue yet so what is the issue. The requirements at overhaul are ridiculous in the inspection of the timber blades. Cheers. Nige. With a sore head getting radiated tomorrow. From: dog@lists.riverland.net.au <dog@lists.riverland.net.au> On Behalf Of The Ric Sent: Monday, February 6, 2023 3:14 PM To: dog@lists.riverland.net.au Subject: Re: [DOG mailing list] Ignition switch and knob G'day Ian tell me more re.hoffmann (he says with eyes wide open and mouth agape) On 5/2/23 8:54 pm, Ian Williams wrote: I probably have one ex VH-WVW if u would like it. Including the external hardware Have any of you been affected by Hoffmann propellers in Germany loosing their EASA part 145 certification ? Ian Williams New Zealand Sent from my iPad On 5/02/2023, at 9:26 PM, José Maria Celis <mailto:josemariaceli...@gmail.com> <josemariaceli...@gmail.com> wrote: El El dom, 5 feb 2023 a las 8:52, José Maria Celis <josemariaceli...@gmail.com <mailto:josemariaceli...@gmail.com> > escribió: >From the maintenance manual page 24. Bosch 0341 001 001. You can buy it in autodoc. Jose. El El dom, 5 feb 2023 a las 7:26, Rob Thompson <amessageto...@gmail.com <mailto:amessageto...@gmail.com> > escribió: The master switch is on the end of a shaft going though the firewall to a solenoid mounted on the engine side of the firewall. If it is hard to turn it possibly would be be something inside the solenoid or perhaps the instrument panel has moved and jamming the shaft going through it. Rob On Sun, 5 Feb 2023, 2:20 pm Kurt Redinbaugh, <redinbau...@gmail.com <mailto:redinbau...@gmail.com> > wrote: Today on H-36 Dimona S/N 3660 I attempted to turn the masters to ON and it was frozen in the off position. It had been very hard to turn to On since I owned it over the past 20 years or so. Fortunately I was at my home airport in Reno NV. so I just put the covers on and came home. My question is what is the master switch spec and where do I find another with the knob? Thank You in advance for your help Kurt
