That is what I did, it worked great.I’ve heard of some doing the inspection with a boroscope to avoid opening the inspection plates.
Thoughts?
I have hardly ever used those handles, and I have about 1200 hours on my airframe (2004 A1-B). I use a Best Tug, which is awesome, albeit rather expensive ($3000). My back is worth it...I agree with Tom, also I think the cracking is due to improper rigging. The horizontals need to be level, Ive seen them rigged poorly and when done so they could be possible to rig in a dihedral situation which puts stress on the H tubes. Check your tails! Stop pulling on the handles.
Inspection covers are the least of the costs involved...Does anybody know if Aviat are contributing financially to the inspection? Will Aviat provide free of charge the additional inspection covers?