Call them "Arbitrary Parts", "Parts of Opportunity", or "Just Because" parts?.I bet that a lot of folks have these things on their airplanes! What am I talking about? Well, those things that you have on the airplane for reasons other than pure and simple engineering or design logic. For instance, I frequently get asked why I went with the Piper "blade"-style pitot tube on my RV8. Well, of course, I think it looks cool, it's accurate, the mount is rugged - all those good things. But the truth of the matter is that I happened to have one laying around - it was left on a shelf in a hangar I rented many years ago, and has been bouncing around in my junk box ever since. The heating elements worked, so heck why not use it and save the money I would otherwise have to spend on an expensive heated pitot?
So it is "arbitrary" - I used it because I had it - no real good reason other than that! Some folks have a radio that they got from another plane, others have a harness they got a good price on. ANd some have been known to paint their plane a certain color becasue they had gallons of that color paint!I'm just curious what others have used in their planes for similar reasons?chime in, we all have these little skeletons in our closets?.
Paul
So it is "arbitrary" - I used it because I had it - no real good reason other than that! Some folks have a radio that they got from another plane, others have a harness they got a good price on. ANd some have been known to paint their plane a certain color becasue they had gallons of that color paint!I'm just curious what others have used in their planes for similar reasons?chime in, we all have these little skeletons in our closets?.
Paul