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the_kim
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20h ago
I thought the torque stripe trick was old school nonsense, now I'm eating my words
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sammurray
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1d ago
TIL the guy who signs off on AD compliance at my old shop never actually read the directives
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iris394
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2d ago
The lead on the Dallas hangar line told me to stop chasing torque specs by feel alone
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the_wyatt
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2d ago
Third guy this month torqued his oil filter housing bolts by feel and cracked it
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laura_ross
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3d ago
Appreciation post: my logbook hit 1,000 sign-offs and I didn't even notice
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tara_palmer
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4d ago
Unpopular opinion: the 3,000 hour TBO on the old Lycomings was more honest than today's 2,000
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fox.jesse
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5d ago
Appreciation post: that Thursday I cleared 3 squawks on one bird and still made it home for dinner
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elizabethp93
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7d ago
Warning: caught my 500th torque check last week and the log book almost bit me
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wells.brooke
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7d ago
Rant: spent 3 years pulling cotter pins with the wrong pliers, a $9 tool changed my whole day
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james92
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7d ago
Just realized the hangar tour at the air museum in Dayton made me rethink how I log squawks
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king.lisa
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7d ago
Watched two guys torque a prop bolt at a hangar in Wichita with no lube on the threads, right after the manual said dry
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norag55
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9d ago
Grinding a bolt head off a Cessna panel taught me to check the socket before blaming the bolt
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the_julia
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10d ago
Rant: a ramper at DFW told me my torque stripe was basically decoration
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haydenp95
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11d ago
Showerthought: I stopped torqueing by feel and started using a dial wrench at work, and my elbow quit hurting
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nathan_barnes
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11d ago
Saw three A&P students at the Sun 'n Fun hangar in Lakeland using torque wrenches like breaker bars
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