X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 14:48:58 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw0-f43.google.com ([209.85.213.43] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.5) with ESMTPS id 5517706 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 May 2012 12:45:01 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.213.43; envelope-from=vonjet@gmail.com Received: by yhkk6 with SMTP id k6so2351846yhk.2 for ; Tue, 01 May 2012 09:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.134.72 with SMTP id pi8mr53234901pbb.18.1335890664558; Tue, 01 May 2012 09:44:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [10.169.59.230] (mobile-198-228-210-089.mycingular.net. [198.228.210.89]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hp1sm19559383pbc.67.2012.05.01.09.44.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 01 May 2012 09:44:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [LML] 360 stub wing skin repair References: From: Vonjet Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-47E3F922-CE52-4B06-978A-A3E2F821ED3A X-Mailer: iPad Mail (9B176) In-Reply-To: X-Original-Message-Id: <8D5D0641-0314-4525-9565-F902B8AF6754@gmail.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 09:44:18 -0700 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-47E3F922-CE52-4B06-978A-A3E2F821ED3A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mine did the same thing. It gets hit during construction and moving the airc= raft around and you may not notice it. Mine would snag on my clothes. Its e= asy to fix. Inject some flox or hysol in there and then add some bid to the j= unction and it wont happen again. Bryan On May 1, 2012, at 6:56 AM, "Greenbacks, UnLtd." wrote: > 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 s= tub wing rib/main spar/D section area. The lower skin was bonded with Hysol a= t the factory, there are multiple BID layups on all joints within the gear w= ell itself. I can only imagine that with a handful of wing install/removal c= ycles during construction, that pressure from the outer wing main spar on th= e stub wing skin during installation could have caused this. >=20 > Look closely >=20 > >=20 > A new tool to the rescue! Out came the Japanese pull saw from Takagi... > =20 > > =20 > I was somewhat surprised to find a small void after opening up the joint.= >=20 > > =20 > And a new batch of Hysol with flox to fill the void. >=20 > >=20 > Now I can get back to painting again in the morning. >=20 > Angier Ames > N4ZQ > =20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-47E3F922-CE52-4B06-978A-A3E2F821ED3A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Mine did the same thing. I= t gets hit during construction and moving the aircraft around and you may no= t notice it. Mine would snag on my clothes. Its easy to fix. Inject so= me flox or hysol in there and then add some bid to the junction and it wont h= appen again.

Bryan

On May 1, 2012, at 6:56 A= M, "Greenbacks, UnLtd." <N4ZQ@VERIZON= .NET> wrote:

<= div>While masking and prepping the fuselage for paint today, inspection of t= he 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 Hyso= l at the factory, there are multiple BID layups on all joints within the gea= r well itself. I can only imagine that with a handful of wing install/remova= l cycles during construction, that pressure from the outer wing main spar on= the stub wing skin during installation could have caused this.
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A ne= w tool to the rescue! Out came the Japanese pull saw from Takagi...

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I was somewhat surpri= sed to find a small void after opening up the joint.

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= And a new bat= ch of Hysol with flox to fill the void.

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Now I can get back to painting again in the mornin= g.

Angier Ames
N4ZQ
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