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Vent: I thought borescope inspections were overkill until last Tuesday
I've been turning wrenches for 8 years and always figured the borescope was just fancy theater for the paperwork, but we caught a cracked turbine blade on a Cessna 206 at 3,400 hours that would've gone unnoticed until it let go mid-flight. Anyone else flip on this tool after a close call, or am I the only holdout who needed proof?
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jessica1301mo ago
...and here I was thinking the borescope was just a fancy way to justify charging the customer an extra hour of labor. Then my buddy found a hairline crack in a crankshaft that looked like a tiny spider web on the screen and I almost choked on my coffee. That thing would've snapped at the worst possible moment too, probably right over some mountains with no landing strip in sight. Now I'm that guy who sticks the scope in every oil change just to feel the peace of mind, even if it makes me look paranoid as hell. It's like the tool is saying 'trust me, I see things you don't' and honestly, that's fine by me now.
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keith9001mo ago
Gotta admit that spider web crack description gave me chills. A crankshaft snapping over mountains is the kind of nightmare that keeps us honest. That borescope just earned its keep in my book.
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