Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #61810
From: Greenbacks, UnLtd. <N4ZQ@VERIZON.NET>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: 360 stub wing skin repair
Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 09:56:12 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
While masking and prepping the fuselage for paint today, inspection of the left stub wing revealed a crack in the bond of the lower wing skin at the stub wing rib/main spar/D section area. The lower skin was bonded with Hysol at the factory, there are multiple BID layups on all joints within the gear well itself. I can only imagine that with a handful of wing install/removal cycles during construction, that pressure from the outer wing main spar on the stub wing skin during installation could have caused this.

Look closely



A new tool to the rescue! Out came the Japanese pull saw from Takagi...

 


 

 I was somewhat surprised to find a small void after opening up the joint.



 

And a new batch of Hysol with flox to fill the void.



Now I can get back to painting again in the morning.

Angier Ames
N4ZQ

 


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