Repeat slowly and carefully after me:

The owner or operator of an aircraft is allowed to manufacture parts for
his/her own aircraft. Say it again. Understand that you do not have to
have your hand on the drill press or CNC buttons. The FAA is satisfied that
you take a drawing down to your local machine shop and oversee their
manufacture of your part. Or you can make it yourself, your choice.

Now, say it one more time...

Jim




"Denny" wrote in message
oups.com...


The torque
arm however was a nine inch long, $1600 item for something that any
competent machine shop would make from scratch for $40 in material and
a $150 in labor and CNC machine time - Piper's price is big time rape!
Steve, the mechanic, was really po'd at Piper over this part... He
finally found a serviceable part from a wrecked plane that met the AD
and was available for 50% of new, so we went that route...