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a borescope under the floor panels than it is to be able to take a firsthand look.
If you’re walking around your Baron for the hundredth time and you happen to notice some paint bubbling on the RH wingtip around a fastener, do you ground the airplane? Of course not. You’ve looked at this place a hundred times before, and the paint has only just started bubbling up. Your best move is to make a mental note or better yet take a photo to docu- ment the anomaly. If you really want to make your mechanic happy, take the picture with a ruler lying on the skin beside the bubbling to show its exact size, orientation, and shape. Make a note to add the trouble spot to your work order when your airplane goes down for its next annual or progressive inspection, and you can rest easy knowing that it’ll be taken care of. It’s far better to spend a little bit of money now to take care of a small spot than it is to “just keep an eye on it” and spend a whole lot more down the road replacing ribs and skin after the corrosion has eaten away enough of the
Whether the exhaust is from a reciprocating engine or a turbine, it provides a perfect environment for corrosion.
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