blimpy
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Decided to check what size washers I need to add to snug up my loose aileron brackets.
In doing so I gave a closer look to the sloppy aileron hinge pins I've put off fixing for the year I've
owned the Cruisiar.
I discovered one of the U shaped hinge brackets broken on both sides !
I am grateful for the kick in the arse supplied by the recent B-C Contact article about aileron flutter.
It's one thing to live with a certain amount of wear.. but clearly this is something I should have fixed
Last Year.
Anyway I am taking it as a wake-up call.
So off both ailerons come.
I Needed to do that to get at the brackets inside the wings, anyway.
At the same time I will do whatever it takes to get all the slop out of the Hinge Pins.
I think there is a way to re-bush them.
We'll inspect using dye penetrant on all the U brackets.
Plus, I get to learn how to patch fabric... after I replace the busted U bracket.
The failure was the outboard hinge on the left aileron - right where the ears the pin moves in attaches to the
base of the U bracket. Hair line fractures... I felt as much as saw. Side play made it happen.
Grant will probably have a used U bracket.
:shock:
In doing so I gave a closer look to the sloppy aileron hinge pins I've put off fixing for the year I've
owned the Cruisiar.
I discovered one of the U shaped hinge brackets broken on both sides !
I am grateful for the kick in the arse supplied by the recent B-C Contact article about aileron flutter.
It's one thing to live with a certain amount of wear.. but clearly this is something I should have fixed
Last Year.
Anyway I am taking it as a wake-up call.
So off both ailerons come.
I Needed to do that to get at the brackets inside the wings, anyway.
At the same time I will do whatever it takes to get all the slop out of the Hinge Pins.
I think there is a way to re-bush them.
We'll inspect using dye penetrant on all the U brackets.
Plus, I get to learn how to patch fabric... after I replace the busted U bracket.
The failure was the outboard hinge on the left aileron - right where the ears the pin moves in attaches to the
base of the U bracket. Hair line fractures... I felt as much as saw. Side play made it happen.
Grant will probably have a used U bracket.
:shock: