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zolotiyeruki 23
QuoteRUTAN LONG EZ PARTS • MAKE OFFER • Long ez wings roncz canard need filled and sanded. Melville carbon cowl pickup only • Contact Jamie Hicks , Owner - located Franklin, OH 45005 United States • Posted April 17, 2024
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Marc Zeitlin 123
23 minutes ago, Coffman Automatics said:... I would like to have your advice on the steps to take for the repair...
Generally, corrosion will occur on the top wing fitting before the bottom one, just because rain falls down from the sky, not up from the ground. So even if the cracking in the fill/paint is on the bottom, I'd want to examine all eight fitting areas (both wings, top and bottom, strake and wing). So here's what I would do as a first step:
I would very carefully (and it might not be too hard, as the micro fill that most folks put over the AL plates doesn't stick particularly well, so it may just pop off with a bit of prying or gentle persuasion, being careful not to scratch the fittings) remove all the micro and fill on ALL of the aluminum wing attach plates. This will at least allow you to see the exposed portions to examine them. If there's corrosion there, you can guarantee that there's corrosion where you CAN'T see, but if there's no corrosion, that's not a guarantee of no corrosion anywhere, although it's a step in the right direction.
See:
For a previous discussion on this topic, and some images of what you should be able to see from the outside with all the fill removed.
Then you can start evaluating what might or might not be going on.
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I now understand what you are saying Marc. There is no way to see the damage without surgery. I have experience with repair on corvettes, so I have an Idea of the amount of work needed, but still I would like to have your advice on the steps to take for the repair. It seems to me that the aluminum should go deeper into the wing and fuselage. Of course that would make everything heavier.
Oh, Got the VM-1000 working. Had bad ground connection.
Thanks Guys
Doug
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jridge 8
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I checked the Canard Owner's & Builder's Association (COBA) database that Kent mentioned above. There's a guy building one in Corona. Others around SoCal too.
Jeff
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