At around 500 flight hours I was getting wear on the cowl hinges, one of my end “eyes” had worn through and would no longer support the hinge pin. The thought of replacing the hinge, riveting and the associated painting was not appealing to me. […]
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Spring Load Oil Door
I normally leave my oil door open for cooling, one day the wind blew it closed and I missed that it was not latched on the pre-flight. Just as I was lifting off the door started flapping, I had enough runway left and landed so […]