Fan facts

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Welcome back! As I write this at the end of January, the entire country seems to be cold, so hopefully some of the routine maintenance on our planes that needs to get done is getting done (hint, hint, and hint). For example, I have mentioned battery maintenance, and actually logging the charge/discharge characteristics of each pack. I'm glad I did, since I had a pack that registered "good" as far as the voltage, but when cycled only exhibited 30% of its rated capacity. Needless to say, it has been replaced! I also found a fill valve for a set of retracts that had decided to leak, and I'm very happy it was discovered at home in the basement, not 800 miles away at an event. To paraphrase the credit card commercial: "What's on your fix it list?"