Owen Bell - Aviation Enterprises

[N5ZX]

No doubt.
I have three a&p's (two are IA's) digging around in her.

They started today and the FAA Accident Investigator is already calling to see what they are finding. I have a hunch he may come take a look, himself.

I'm a teensy bit surprised Aviation Enterprises hasn't sent a rep to take a peek and get out ahead of this. Oh well, I offered.

Yeah, if I gotta choose, I'll lose the winglets and go with some "knots-2-u" tips

we shall see what tomorrow brings. As I said, wish me luck.

Cole

[N5ZX]

Well....
Still no word on my bird.
But given the established history of fate having a very uncomfortable fetish for doing things to me....I have a hunch it wont hurt to do some contengency planning...just in case I gotta lose my winglets.
I know I could always put the factory tips back on. I could also put OEM Firestones back on my truck, but that aint gonna happen (Micheline's are sooooo much better).
By that same reasoning, I'm looking for the BEST option.
I checked out the knots-2-u wingtips. They sound great...but naturally are not available for the 337.
I looked into the Met-co-aire Hoerner Tips. They sound great...but naturally are not available for the 337.
Anybody have any other suggestions?

Again. I dont know that I gotta remove the winglets. Simply planning ahead. It gives me something to do to keep my mind off of the inspection in progress.

Cole