Pre Loved Aircraft Wanted

[Bruce Tuncks]

Take for example the 5mm  . .  countersunk-head machine screws which hold down the Libelle seat-pan. There are about 20 of them, each with a cup  washer. I bought a set from a fastener warehouse place . They worked just fine and so what if one or 2 failed ? Even if they all failed, there would be no good reason to crash. The alternative would have been to buy stuff from Europe at hundreds of times the cost. And in 15 years, there were no failures of these screws.

 

[facthunter]

There's real rubbish about now, Bruce  Nev

[skippydiesel]

It seems to me that using "off the shelf" fasteners in non structural applications can have little, if any, additional risk. A smidgeon of common sense will guide most people in this sot of scenario. I agree with Bruce on this.

Edited November 8, 2021 by skippydiesel