Simple & Cheap Tricks for your plane

A few more tricks that come to mind:

- Someone may have already mentioned this, but a permanent marker (Sharpie)
touches up the paint on your panel easily and perfectly. (It also works as
a temporary cosmetic fix on chipped wing-walk material.)

- Hairspray dissolves ink on vinyl or leather.

- A cheap sleeping bag and two straps with velcro can be used to make a
custom-fitted cowl cover for less that $25.

- If you don't have cylinder heaters, lay a trouble light on top of the
engine, and lay a sleeping bag over the cowl. Combined with a sump heater,
you will have 85 degree oil at every start.

- A temperature-sensitive cube (comes on at 35, goes off at 40) can be used
to control your Tannis heater in your hangar.

- Metal tape (NOT duct tape) makes a great oil cooler baffle in winter.

- Fill all the little gaps in your engine baffling with high temperature
RTV. You'll see you CHTs go down noticeably.

- Silicone spraying your yokes will make your landings better.

- Labeling your tow bar with your name and airport identifier is a good
idea.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"