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    Prop AD becomes overhaul

    So my 92zk prop was due for 500 hour AD, and got a quote for 1.8k. Sent in, the prop shop told me the bearings are corroded, so have to replace that. Then when I got my invoice, it turned into an overhaul with the bearing replaced. So suppose to 1.8k +0.4k(bearings) now its...
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    G5 broke, can I (owner) swap it?

    Certified aircraft, old G5 is installed using STC. Magically broke somehow. Can I buy a G5 and swap (single screw, pitot/static, and power?) as an owner without A&P? If I can do that, can I swap with a non-certified version of G5? (Experimental?)
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    Is this metal in the filter???

    Just opened my oil filter from O360-A1D yesterday. And saw reflections. Like a lot of reflections.. Kind of freaked me out ( thought my engine need an overhaul...). I have a microscope so I took out the shinny parts with tweezer and have them on a clean piece of tissue. And even its shinny and...
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    Commercial requirements

    I am getting my first commercial training. I got 250 hours + from flying everywhere ( I fly for fun, not just for commercial.) and at same time, I almost fulfill all the requirements. I had to check out on a complex. Which I spent 10 hours dual at least. ( does that count towards commercial? If...
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    Prop need dye penetration test

    Have a piper comanche 180 with ad 95-11-08 on my prop. Have around 80 hours left on the ad. And recommendations about prop shop can do the AD (dye penetration)? I heard many of the shops don't do this kind of AD anymore. Prop hc-92zk-8d
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    Owner produced parts (avionics)

    If the needle of my EGT gauge just fall off. Can I produce a replacement? Get my arduino and couple modules, write couple lines of code and call it good? (Ohoh, I'll put a fuse in so it doesn't burn down my airplane.) If it doesn't work, then I get nothing to lose. Not like I produce some...
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    Can I buy a fuel truck and fuel my airplane?

    I see an airport just 50 miles away has $1 dollar cheaper per gallon of 100LL. Can I just buy a 750 gallon fuel truck. Go fuel it up. And save myself 750 bucks each trip?
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    Wheel broke into half

    So after landing and taxing to the parking, I realized something is wrong ( veer to right) but didn’t know what was wrong exactly. After I got out of airplane, I found right wheel broke into half and the tire expanded horizontally and is rubbing with brake. Does insurance cover something like...
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