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Elevating Maintenance, the 30M-FPP
Posted by Richard Bogert on
If your own or work on aircraft with flat tapered landing gear, you need the Bogert Aviation 30M-FPP universal jack pad.
- Tags: aircraft, Aircraft Maintenance, aircraft mechanic, aircraftlife, Cessna, Cirrus, jack pads, jacking, landing gear, maintenance
Bogert Aviation Fuselage Rotator is a shop Essential
Posted by Richard Bogert on
Restoring a vintage tube-and-fabric aircraft or building a custom light sport plane is an incredible labor of love. But if you’ve ever spent hours craning your neck, crawling on a dusty concrete floor, or awkwardly wrestling with a heavy frame just to weld the underside or fabric-coat a stringer, you know the physical toll it takes.
Bogert Aviation Revolutionizes Aircraft Maintenance
Posted by Richard Bogert on
In that same spirit, Bogert Aviation introduced a number of products that change the way aircraft maintenance is performed. We are all about making it easier and safer.
- Tags: aircraft, Aircraft Maintenance, aircraft mechanic, Innovation, jacking, landing gear, maintenance, Mechanic
P-Lead Troubles
Posted by Richard Bogert on
I have run into an issue three times in the last couple of months, where the p-lead doesn’t touch the contact in the magneto. The p-leads were made correctly. In the first two cases, the aircraft originally had the standard AN3105 p-lead terminal. That terminal is longer than the Bendix terminal and it bent the flat contact spring inside the magneto. When the Bendix terminal was installed, it was a few thousands of an inch from touching the spring. The contact spring can be easily bent outward a bit so that it makes contact with the Bendix Style terminal. You...
- Tags: aircraft, Aircraft Maintenance, aircraft mechanic, aircraftlife, Cessna, Continental Engines, Lycoming Engines, maintenance, Mechanic, P-Lead
I could have been KILLED!
Posted by Richard Bogert on
There was no warning and it was instantaneous.
- Tags: aircraft, Aircraft Maintenance, aircraft mechanic, aircraftlife, Cessna, Innovation, landing gear, maintenance, pilot