On 16-Oct-2003, Andrew Gideon wrote:

An owner would do what in that case? I guess that's part of what I'm
asking. If you - as an owner - found a problem - and I'm guessing that
what the previous person saw was a lack of mag drop during run-up - what
would you do?

We co-owners work it this way: if a problem arises that raises an issue of
airworthiness the one who finds the problem notifies the others (by e-mail
or telephone) as soon as practical, and contacts the shop to arrange for
service. We trust one another to get required maintenance taken care of,
even if we are away from home base.
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-Elliott Drucker