REFLECTOR: Seat Screws

[Chris Barber]

I was wondering if others had had trouble with the seat hinge screws breaking and/or distorting.  I have had to replace twisted and broken screws a few times now.  Ok, while I am by no means a small man (5'10 at 200 lbs) I am not so big that I would think I would be stressing these parts.



One thought is that I have been standing on the brakes a lot doing engine run ups and testing, but still it seems odd.



I have now  added extra screws by tapping out additional screw holes.  I am close enough to hopefully successful flight that I wanted to address this gremlin.



I had the tech out to test my transponder and it has a problem so he took it to take a look (really nice and helpful guy for those in SE Texas). Next step, squawk party....



Chris
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/private/reflector/attachments/20120107/87822710/attachment-0001.htm>