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Although 900 hours is less than the time in service for most of their
models, ten years is well in excess of the recommended time for most, which seems to be either five years or six years depending on various factors (at least for a hub inspection, and probably for the blades, too). I've heard the same thing - if your blades are OK, you may still want to have the hub re-sealed after more than ten years, that will prevent corrosion, etc. Its not terribly expensive to do that vs. full blown overhaul ($1000) and it takes care of the moving parts. If you do overhaul, shop carefuly, the Aviation Consumer had an article on this while back. Some shops are quite enthusiastic about rejecting perfectly good blades, apparently. |
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