Dear Builders,
Please take chafing serious. During condition inspection, we are finding things that are darn scary. Scat tube, left unfettered can cut deep into softer metals.
The links below are to photos in my google drive. All photos are from my recently purchased RV-10.
The Fuel line chafing is inside the cabin "tunnel". Meaning, in the cabin with the pilot and passengers. The scat tube is what supplies cabin heat to the rear seats and it's unsupported and chafing into the fuel line. This is an in-flight hazard as you could end up with fuel leaking into the cabin area and possibly igniting. This would likely not be survivable in the air.
Fuel Line Chafing
These two photos are fore of the firewall in the engine compartment. The scat tube was chafing into the oil cooler. It goes without saying the bad things that could happen from a catastrophic oil leak.
Oil Cooler Chafing 1
Oil Cooler Chafing 2
Please take chafing serious. During condition inspection, we are finding things that are darn scary. Scat tube, left unfettered can cut deep into softer metals.
The links below are to photos in my google drive. All photos are from my recently purchased RV-10.
The Fuel line chafing is inside the cabin "tunnel". Meaning, in the cabin with the pilot and passengers. The scat tube is what supplies cabin heat to the rear seats and it's unsupported and chafing into the fuel line. This is an in-flight hazard as you could end up with fuel leaking into the cabin area and possibly igniting. This would likely not be survivable in the air.
Fuel Line Chafing
These two photos are fore of the firewall in the engine compartment. The scat tube was chafing into the oil cooler. It goes without saying the bad things that could happen from a catastrophic oil leak.
Oil Cooler Chafing 1
Oil Cooler Chafing 2
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