Andy95W

Did it take you two weeks to compose your answer, or were you just angrier than normal yesterday morning?

Those people are probably already doing their own maintenance and just not putting it in the logbook. What we’re talking about is a means to help the conscientious owner legally log maintenance, and provide him a means to learn some things as well.

That’s cool- I was stationed at Fort Campbell 35 years ago. Did one of my student cross countries to OWB.

That’s why it would be similar to a CFI’s complex endorsement. If you forget to put your landing gear down, nobody’s going to sue the CFI that signed you off to fly a retract gear airplane.

That’s weird- Zep doesn’t smell anything like bananas to me. But I’m also one of those odd people that can’t stand the taste of cilantro.

Rich- you and I are thinking exactly the same, I was writing up the same recommendation when you posted this. It would be like a CFI adding a tail wheel endorsement or complex endorsement to your pilots license, it would be a simple signature and statement from an A&P/IA that you were authorized to perform a specific maintenance task on a specific aircraft type.

Good catch!

Replacing the flap bracket should be pretty straightforward. For the wing, you’ll probably want to contact someone like Don Maxwell. His shop can probably do the repair or recommend a shop that can. His shop will also be able to tell you if that one extruded aluminum angle can be replaced. I doubt you’ll need a whole new wing, but the cost will be significant either way. I think there’s a good chance that you’ll be able to get a ferry permit to fly to a repair location, but nothing more than that. Sorry you have to deal with this.

Please post pictures, and the part number of the seal. Thanks!

Unfortunately, the M20E gauge won’t work. The fuel pressure range is different (0-30 psi vs. 0-10).

I just tried that today on my Garmin G5 and it worked. Thanks Lance, that’s really helpful and I didn’t know that before!

It’s probably a fine instrument. But if you ever decide to install a Garmin HSI (either G5 or 275) you’re going to wish you’d gone all Garmin. They end up talking to each other and backing each other up. The AV-30 HSI doesn’t have glideslope capability, which is a shame, because otherwise it’s probably a nice unit.

Only the Apple ones, Hank.

I like option #1, but done in dark blue and a light grey for an accent color.