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Yes, you can easily polish the paint off of the rivet heads so do it by hand and circumvent the rivet head.

It depends on which model. My C210d, 1964 model, has cost me less per mile than the 182 it replaced because it flies faster. 1962 and later 210s are OK but earlier models are more like prototypes. A Cessna dealer said removing the strut added about 2 knots or less to speed but you now avoid a...

FYI steel has an unlimited fatigue life below certain stress level (about half of maximum strength) but unfortunately not aluminum. I think I would not go over 15,000 hours just because but I would also want to know where and how it was flown. Also a FAA stress expert said older airplanes tended...

Yep, except in my case (88, 8000 hours) I just want not in motion but I am forced to also buy inflight liability even though $100k per seat is an ingrown toenail. So I am paying about $2200 for a stated value of $60,000 even though I am hangared. My C-210D is behind the Caddy. So what does age...

Then if you see corrosion inspect more often. There was not a trace on may 1964 and and tie down yanking stresses are trivial compared to flight stresses.

I do not understand your reply. I personally inspected the the strut attach point when it was just a Service Bulletin. My complaint is using a calendar time in addition to a flight time NOT the idea of inspecting. As an aero engineer I find calendar time to be nonsensical Try again. Some of...

That AD points out the arrogance and/or stupidity of an FAA engineer by putting a calendar limit on the AD as well as a flight time limit for inspection. Fatigue failures are flight time/turbulence dependent, period. And, on top that, we have pay that guy's wages.

I put Granville in ALL my 5606: strut, brakes and above all in the hydraulic gear. Works great and have only replace o-rings once in 51 years.

Have you verified the accuracy of your gauge? I check mine with an oil bath on a hotplate and a lab grade mercury thermometer. Stir the oil to make sure its temp is uniform. Science supply houses have accurate thermometers. I climb my IO-520A with an EGT 200 degrees ROP and cruise LOP at 65% or...

Yes, try it. Lacking this I have set the wrench handle horizontal and jumped on it.

Good tire shops hand tighten so insist that your shop does. When I replace wheels I put oil on the threads and do not overtighten. I also carry a piece PVC pipe that will slip over the lug wrench for loosening just in case.

Exactly. In severe cases I have doubled the shrink wrap with the outer one shorter to spread out the stress even further,

If the airstrip/road is in a remote area and on private property and there is an ability to to have a long enough straight road I imagine ranch owners just land.

Nada!

Although I am now 88 but high altitude never has bothered me. Last summer I hiked to 11,500 and ski the high Rockies all the time. However, I built my own system for those 23,000' flights. I used a medical regulator so cost was only a couple of hundred and up to 6 can use. I made an adaptor to...

Near Tucson a rural resident calls his airstrip a driveway so maybe a long straight stretch of road could be used and never called an airstrip. Baja Bush Pilots knows a lot about Mexico.

#3 (aviation) Permatex is OK with fuel but do not use a lot.

In my case in my own hangar on my own airstrip; however, I imagine most paint shops are on public airports. I painted a Mooney and Aeronca at the very public Bisbee-Douglas. Not all public airports (like people) are created equal. How could a fabric airplane be covered without spraying lacquer...

Being an engineer it is simply a logical approach. You will need quite a power reduction if you don't increase AS. You need to get rid of that potential energy somehow. Admittedly long descents are less practical for me as I mainly fly very high mountains with deep valleys.

I am still surprised that more people don't paint their own plane by themselves or with an A&P. The cost saving is huge and a dollar saved is about $2 earned when you consider ALL the taxes: Federal, State and FICA. I painted my C-210 for about 3 weeks work and I did not have to take my plane...