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Forced landing site was "only" 25 miles
from home.
Took five trips over 4 days (including
day of the forced landing) to take wings off and trailer it home.
The 4' Harbor Freight trailer trip with
horz stab still attached to fuselage was the most interesting.
It's been sitting in the hangar since
then. FAA told me "no further maintenance on the plane until
released by FAA and NTSB". I wasn't really motivated anyway and it
got too cold for me to work on it. NTSB guys finally told me he
was not going to hold the airplane. I removed the alternator and
bench tested it with a 1/2HP hand drill and appears to work OK.
Cut off the top of the AGM battery and
saw a cracked bridge between two cells.
Been working on getting house ready to
rent out and also not really motivated to work on fixing the RV-4.
Easiest way to get flying again is to
get the RV-3B signed off, but want to go over the electrical
system, install a backup battery and/or test it with battery
disconnected.
Finn
Hey Fin:
Just wondering if you have
gotten your “4” moved back to your hanger, and how bad the
damage actually turned out to be?
Hoping you’ll be able to get
it fully mission capable again in the near future!
Doug
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