On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:25:05 -0400, Kyler Laird
wrote:

Peter Clark writes:

A Duchess I used to fly had the hobbs thing for the engines mounted in
the aft wall of the luggage compartment........

Is there any reason to have them in the cabin at all? Are there
approved clocks that can survive being in the engine compartment? Even
renters only look at them before each flight, right?

Just so it can be read for filling out the tach/hobbs card handed into
the FBO so they know when MX is required.