On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:51:14 -0700, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:

D Ramapriya wrote:
Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight
inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight
plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all.

Just last month; found two broken clips on a Goodyear brake disk.
Goodyear wheels have a tendency to lock up when that happens. Found a
crack in the wheel at the rivet for one of the clips.

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/newbrake3.jpg

Swapped to a set of Grove wheels/brakes, working well so far.

Ron Wanttaja

those JATO bottles are hell on brakes :-)

Stealth Pilot