bhawkh60 wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, but as an A&P with 18 years working on Sikorsky and some Bell stuff I've never heard of "stretching" a bolt. How exactly does that work?
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I wasn't saying I don't get the idea of a bolt having some give, but I've sure as hell never seen it as a procedure.
Having spent most of my life in Sikorsky Hawks and 92's I'm not used to seeing sraight steel hdwr anyway. Most all of our stuff is Cad or Titanium. Think I'll stick with the 10,000 lbs+ class helicopters.
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Yikes, I sure hope you are not licenced to actually sign off on anything 