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I am in the habit of popping it when I drop it off, and did so in this case. With it on I make the motion of pulling the cutaway handle but don't actually do it, then actually pull the reserve handle. I got into this habit as soon as I had my own gear.

Looking at the pictures that you posted it looks like both the cutaway and reserve handles are securely in place and the reserve ripcord swage is still in a normal un-pulled position... Are you sure that you pulled the handle?

So, it looks like if you take some of the info from the article which basically says, "don't just overhaul BECAUSE the engine is at TBO (instead use some form of metrics to determine when to OH) and combine it with performing your own overhaul (like you explain above), a DZO could save a LOT of money...

I know that experience can make a huge difference in this arena but in the avweb article there is real data that shows that the risk of failure is much higher in the first few hundred hours since overhaul.

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Is TBO-Busting Risky?

While there's no question that the highest risk of catastrophic failure occurs in the first few hundred hours after engine assembly, I have yet to find any evidence that the risk rises significantly as the engine is continued in operation beyond the manufacturer's recommended TBO.

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The guy (writing the article) makes some very good points. I'd like to hear your thoughts on them.

Here's a pretty good article... Might give a little insight.

http://www.avweb.com/news/savvyaviator/savvy_aviator_45_how_risky_is_going_past_tbo_195241-1.html

Anyone know his whereabouts? PM me if so... Tanks!

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Calhan's listing in the dropzone's page has been updated:

"Due to lack of support and seven weekends of snow, Elaborate Skydiving closed on March 1, 2007. Please see the website for refunds. "

Wonder what kind of "support" they are talking about? In addition to the refunds it looks like they have a 50K loan to pay off too!

http://www.sba.gov/loans/businessdetail/output/2007/busco.html