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Old 06-26-2009, 10:48 PM
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Default Decent Borescopes?

Aircraft Tool Supply has borescopes on sale for around $200. I've seen these in Spruce's catalogs and considered them before. Will they work okay for cylinder inspections, etc, for occasional use? They have 6 and 10mm sizes. Suggestions?

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Old 06-27-2009, 08:36 AM
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Aircraft Tool Supply has borescopes on sale for around $200. I've seen these in Spruce's catalogs and considered them before. Will they work okay for cylinder inspections, etc, for occasional use? They have 6 and 10mm sizes. Suggestions?

Thanks!

Seb Trost
RV-7A 340 hours
Boulder City, NV (KBVU)
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Old 06-27-2009, 01:26 PM
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I went to Home depot and picked up one of those ridgid cameras....works for me....
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Old 06-27-2009, 02:24 PM
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Although I just purchased it about three years ago, ( the newer digital with screens were available then) I have a fiberoptic scope purchased from NAPA. I paid over $300 for it and it's not worth the effort to bury. If you look at a screw head , you have to be directly over it. It would take a long while to find a small screw in a 6" X 6" space, and this is the sort of think I purchased it for. I tested a camera or screen type and it would serve my purpose like a dream. I had our Aerotec engines take a look at mine and they said it was normal for this type. It was their digital scope that I tried.
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