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PA30 Cowl Flap Spring

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PA30 Cowl Flap Spring

Postby Douglas Dodson » Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:56 pm

My recently acquired PA30 is missing both cowl flap assist springs. Does anyone have a source to buy these or can anyone tell me the length and approximate spring rate?
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Re: PA30 Cowl Flap Spring

Postby N3322G » Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:52 pm

I checked the parts catalog on this website http://www.comancheflyer.com/NS/manuals ... atalog.pdf I searched on cowl flap spring and it took me directly to this parts list in section V for power plant for control quadrant etc. Not where I would have put it so thank goodness ICS made this searchable.
Found Fig 37 item #77 appears to be the cowl flap spring. It shows a couple of part #s. Google gave some hits but I usually call Comanche Gear first and Webco second.

Hope this helps. If you need a photo where this attaches, let me know. Just took some for another twin owner. We went through this at the last annual and it took about 6-8 iterations to make it work well.

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Re: PA30 Cowl Flap Spring

Postby MULEFLY » Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:28 am

Our friends at Webco have them... (at least they used to).

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Re: PA30 Cowl Flap Spring

Postby Douglas Dodson » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:27 pm

I got them from KRN after a bit of a search. Turns out, these were added after my s/n, but I am thinking about modifying my aircraft to use them. It would be better for the cable.
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