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Cowl plugs
Posted by Kennon Products on
Nesting season is upon us, and it's time to protect your plane! Cowl plugs (engine inlet plugs) block our feathered friends' entrance to engine compartments where they can create a significant fire hazard in an astonishingly short period of time! Plugs keep birds and other FOD out. Plugs should be tethered together with heavy duty webbing. The intent of this webbing is to allow installation of the plugs with the strap astride one of the prop blades. If the plugs aren't removed during walk around (of course you would never forget your plugs), when the propeller moves on engine start, the entangled...
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