cgruby
03-18-2014, 06:14 AM
Hi everyone.
I thought I'd provide a status report.
I had a calamity a few months ago, stemming from towing the aircraft and having an unsecured wing deploy at 50mph and hitting a road sign. You can't imagine the amount of damage that caused.
The damage was as follows:
Cabin top wing attach structure severely mangled
Left lower door post bent
Right lower longeron aft of gear bent
Right lower longeron mid fuselage bent
Right lower longeron under stabilizer bent
Left wing aft spar (outer 3 ribs) bent
Left wing main spar wing point attach severely damaged
Left rear wing strut bent
Left wing jury strut bent
Right flapperon spar bent
Left flapperon horn broken
Fuselage station at the instrument panel is 1” out of square
Fuselage twisted at rudder post
Well all the bent stuff has been straightened. A new cabin top weldment was purchased from Kit Fox and has been welded into place. The covering has been done up through the the first coat of poly brush and all that's left is securing the butt ribs and installing the windshield, and of course completing the painting.
I came down with some kind of bug, so work has been suspended for the moment.
Cheers,
I thought I'd provide a status report.
I had a calamity a few months ago, stemming from towing the aircraft and having an unsecured wing deploy at 50mph and hitting a road sign. You can't imagine the amount of damage that caused.
The damage was as follows:
Cabin top wing attach structure severely mangled
Left lower door post bent
Right lower longeron aft of gear bent
Right lower longeron mid fuselage bent
Right lower longeron under stabilizer bent
Left wing aft spar (outer 3 ribs) bent
Left wing main spar wing point attach severely damaged
Left rear wing strut bent
Left wing jury strut bent
Right flapperon spar bent
Left flapperon horn broken
Fuselage station at the instrument panel is 1” out of square
Fuselage twisted at rudder post
Well all the bent stuff has been straightened. A new cabin top weldment was purchased from Kit Fox and has been welded into place. The covering has been done up through the the first coat of poly brush and all that's left is securing the butt ribs and installing the windshield, and of course completing the painting.
I came down with some kind of bug, so work has been suspended for the moment.
Cheers,