My guy was tearing down an engine from a helicopter that had just been ferried from someplace like Florida to Michigan - I was looking at the guts and spotted about 1/2 of a boss that had broken off - some part of the magneto drive. So, apparently, this happens. (And, the engine was still...
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Just replaced the lid lock / sensor on my GE washer for the second time.
'49 perhaps?
I done learnt to fly in a '46 120. Once you get it, it's a real easy airplane to fly without those stupid flaps and things to make it complicated.
FWIW,Thank you Jim K for posting pictures and walking us through the teardown. I will likely never in my life be splitting an IO-540, but non the less, this sort of thing is fascinating. (I know, more ****enating than fascinating for you, but...)
I am reminded of my dad's buddy Mack - Mack ran a one airplane flight school and shared a hangar with the old man. When my sister decided to get her private ticket, the old man said she could use Mack as an instructor, but she was not allowed to fly in Mack's airplane because he had seen how...
And even more aircraft that are not S-LSAs or E-LSAs (and do not show up in any registry as an LSA) but can be flown under the sport pilot rules. Guess who...