I love flying my Crusair!
Unfortunately, there seems to be a problem on the bottom of my Cruisair, in that the Razorback fabric on the bottom of the fuselage is separating right over a keel that runs the length of the fuselage, in the back, in several places. It appears that it's been patched before, but that hasn't fixed the problem. I'm thinking of having the whole bottom basically recovered, with razorback, but my mechanic has suggested basically changing tactics and and installing a (thin) metal covering on the bottom of the fuselage only, which would then be removable for inspection, sort of like the old stc metalized coverings you see on some Stinsons. Since that's where all the oil, etc. goes, that doesn't seem to be such a bad idea, (painted to match, of course) but has anyone else done or seen anything like that?
Glen in OK
Unfortunately, there seems to be a problem on the bottom of my Cruisair, in that the Razorback fabric on the bottom of the fuselage is separating right over a keel that runs the length of the fuselage, in the back, in several places. It appears that it's been patched before, but that hasn't fixed the problem. I'm thinking of having the whole bottom basically recovered, with razorback, but my mechanic has suggested basically changing tactics and and installing a (thin) metal covering on the bottom of the fuselage only, which would then be removable for inspection, sort of like the old stc metalized coverings you see on some Stinsons. Since that's where all the oil, etc. goes, that doesn't seem to be such a bad idea, (painted to match, of course) but has anyone else done or seen anything like that?
Glen in OK
