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I started in the EMS world and knew them as window punches. It wasn't until I went to A&P school and learned they are actually automatic center punches. And if they quit snapping, you can usually clean them up on a grinder so it snaps again.

Are they really open only 1 hr for lunch weds-Sat during the winter?

Yes. Do this first. You'd rather not replace these if you don't have to.

Well the answer is to tighten the clamps. If one is really old brittle and cracked, maybe it needs replacing, but it's not often. They are a pain to get to sometimes. And tell me how that doesn't meet the definition of PM? As an A&P, sure I'll tighten them up, but you're paying shop rate in the...

Not that I would necessarily try in the air (I might in this case), but did you switch back to the problem tank and the problem reappear? Every once in awhile there could be a problem that fixes itself as you happen to make an adjustment and it has nothing to do with your "fix." It could very...

Ok. Fair enough on the graphs, (assuming the info is accurate, which I am in no position to argue one way or the other.) Maybe that's one more area that there's a lot of misinformation on that I have just now been corrected. But even on the chart everything is hitting EPV before it should have...

This makes a lot of sense.

All I was trying to say is I don't see a 1 hr test being a problem with the heat. That's going to happen if you have an electrical failure and you are relying on your battery. I live in an Apt. No garage, can't bring the batt home. When I'm doing an annual yes I pull the battery and put it on...

So how much error is heating induced? I'm not worried about at few percentage points. If there is some legal requirement, then maybe it matters. It's just good to know that your battery is doing well or if it's junk you should know that if you are relying on it as a backup. Day VFR, ehh... Not a...

Any battery retailer will tell you to contact the battery manufacturer. That's normal. Sorry about your paint. It's hard to go wrong with a sealed Concorde battery though. They do cost more. Instead of just replacing a battery on a set period of time, you can do a capacitance check. Some shops...

Do you have a P/N? Any one of the hundreds of Cessna parts places should have one.

I'm trying to remember the shops name, but we used a place in Greensboro NC, Triad something maybe. They were a good shop. I haven't used them in awhile though. They sent a guy to pickup and deliver props when I was working out of KHWY. As for the difference between new and OVH, how far down...

Maybe I'm just oblivious to problems with Champion plugs, but I've cleaned hundreds/thousands? and only had a few fail testing. I can see how in a PA46 or other turbo'd/high compression engines they will have more problems with the higher pressures. Never really used tempest's. Fine wires make...

I used to fly from VA to Chicago, MI, GA and the like in a couple 172SP's. I always burned 8.5 gal an hour and was usually about 120kts. I only planned for 115 kts True, but I was usually at 120. I typically went as high as I could depending on the weather. I was usually by myself, with light...

I don't see how they wouldn't go after whoever made the log entry for falsifying records. When I was in AK, we bought a helicopter from someone that ended up having some shady records and other problems. The FAA didn't fault us, but said, "Don't fly the helicopter anymore with parts X, Y, & Z on...

Except in places where they want to know how soft a surface is before landing on soft surfaces. Drag the wheels without putting all the weight down. It gives you a pretty good idea. Normally, but not always, done with fixed gear A/C though. I do agree that having the instructor do flaps if...

I know that some/many people when they buy a plane from certain areas, particularly Alaska, they confirm that every AD has been complied with and not just taking a signoff on it's merits. As in, looking to see that doublers are installed, right Part numbers/serial numbers are installed, etc...

For the OP, we have a guy come in and do transponder only checks all the time. On R22/44's you are wasting money most of the time to do both. They aren't going IFR. If the shop won't do just a transponder check, find another one. On the following question.....if I wanted to, I could pull an...

I was out flying with my boss one day in a jet ranger. (I don't have a heli rating.) He was letting me fly. I was pretty happy that I was doing a reasonable 100 ft hover off a mtn top when he pointed to the airspeed. It was 80-85 kts. Some days you don't want to be downwind of the mtn top....

For a tall person, me, they work really well. I can't use standard ones that you can't see in most airplanes. (Or cars for that matter.)