Quote Originally Posted by martymayes View Post
I'm asking for data because you have formed and expressed an opinon, no doubt based on your experience, that A&P mechanics are not capable of inspecting/repairing a homebuilt. One bad apple does not spoil the whole barrel.

Marty I had nother A&P whom works on Helicopters help me install my new prop. He graps the torque wrench and tightens each bolt to torque not going in a X pattern but one after the other. After he is done I check the tracking and guess what the prop is way off track. I take the wrench from him and as I am loosening the bolts explaining why when torquing something you need to go in an X pattern.
He is saying things like my crank and or prop. I let him rant.
I re-torque the prop not only going in a X pattern but stepping it down 3 times to torque value. After I am done I recheck tracking and it perfect. To this day this A&P will not talk to me. I am a know it all. I have heard him tell others this.
He wont even say hello......