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Experts Mike Busch, Paul New, and Colleen Sterling answer your toughest aviation maintenance questions. Submit questions to podcasts@aopa.org. New episodes are released the first and fifteenth of every month.

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January 1 · 42 min
"He has a piston with a smiley face on it that's not very happy"
How many hours are too many?
Dec 15, 2025 · 44 min
"Just be sure you lube it with something"
Wood wings, generators, and pre-emptive engine overhauls
Dec 1, 2025 · 51 min
"If you go to 76 percent, the wings will fall off"
Electronic ignition, creative mods, lean of peak
Nov 15, 2025 · 52 min
"It's one of the few accidents where you get to choose where it happens"
Fuel indication problems, high oil temps, gear motors, and corrosion
Nov 1, 2025 · 51 min
"Being an aircraft owner is the hardest job in aviation"
Spark plugs, aircraft records, lean of peak, and circuit breakers
Oct 15, 2025 · 49 min
"That's an urban legend"
Keeping cool (and warm), plus oil composition and lean of peak

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Episodes 26

"He has a piston with a smiley face on it that's not very happy"

"Just be sure you lube it with something"

"If you go to 76 percent, the wings will fall off"

"It's one of the few accidents where you get to choose where it happens"

"Being an aircraft owner is the hardest job in aviation"

"That's an urban legend"