Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #8008
From: <TByrnes133@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Horizontal Stabilizer and Elevators
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 08:04:09 EST
To: <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
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John

I respectfully disagree with Don Gotez.  I have heard of several instances of
trailing edges popping loose at altitude on Airplanes that did not have vent
holes.  I don't think anyone has been hurt yet but I think that it could be a
serious structural failure.  I would go back and drill the holes however you
can.  I have also added drain holes to my control surfaces to insure that
water cannot collect in them.  If water collects in a control surface it will
screw up the balance of the surface.

Tom Byrnes (6 Months to Go on a Lancair IV)
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