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GROUND ALL MINI 500's WITH RICK STITT CONE UPGRADES...OR DIE!



 
 
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Old January 1st 04, 12:09 AM
Dennis Chitwood
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Default GROUND ALL MINI 500's WITH RICK STITT CONE UPGRADES...OR DIE!

Please believe us...or you will die...GUARANTEED. Rick Stitt replaced
the cones on my aircraft. All he did was remove one of the four
bearings and replaced it with an outer spacer, then drilled a hole in
the spacer ONCE IT WAS INSTALLED to allow for oil fill. There is not
even an inner spacer. This condition is a DOWNGRADE, not upgrade. My
cones were filled with the shavings from the drilling! The shaft was
GROUND to fit the outer bearing, and the shaft was chromed to create a
closer tolerance. These cones had less than one hour in service.
What was about to happen was a failure of the outer bearing, causing
the spacer and inner bearings to fly off simply due to centrifugal
loading. This was discovered by Joe Rinke Aerospace, and an FAA
investigation is in process. This is not just gross negligence, but
literally a criminal act. If you have had your cones touched by this
fraud (Stitt Industries), you will shortly experience blue blades (one
blew this way, the other blew that way). THIS IS NOT A BAD JOKE....
PLEASE DO NOT FLY!!!!
Dennis Chitwood
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Old January 6th 04, 06:07 AM
helicopterandy
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Dennis,
Do you have any idea how absurd you sound?
Do yourself (and us all) a favor and purchase a real helicopter to
begin with and leave all this anguish and nonsense behind.
PS
Try Robinson, Bell, Euro, Schweitzer...
 




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