boroscope recommendation

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GAHorn
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boroscope recommendation

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I’ve rec’d several emails asking for an endoscope/boroscope recommendation from Members who are “budget conscious”

I’ve got two recommendations / fair reviews…. from folks who have bought off Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Inspection-Water ... =UTF8&th=1

and

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4V5LWWL?re ... b_ap_share

Any other inexpensive recommendations from Participants/Members?
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Re: boroscope recommendation

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Depends on the mission. I procured this one as a supplement to the really expensive one because it is really easy to use for turning 180 degrees and inspecting valves. It turned out to be nicer quality than I expected, and the picture quality is good. It will not fit in the smallest spaces, but most of the inexpensive units won't. I don't care for the ones that sync to a device.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B28HRSBP?re ... uage=en_US
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Re: boroscope recommendation

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I’m on my second VA-400. A couple of the LED lights on the first one quit working. For the price, I’d take a look at the ones George and Cessnut linked before buying a VA-400 again. Dean Showalter devotes an entire session of his Airplane Owner Maintenance podcast to this subject here.

More VA-400 details here.
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