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Our problem as buyers of experimental airplanes is obvious when you
consider SB050-0999. This is seemingly a simple matter for any builder,
but
it is not something that a normal A&P knows how to do - they do not work
with composites or fiberglass. Three BID etc means nothing to him and
very
little to me! I had a devil of a time just getting my A&P to do an annual
on the LNC2 that my partner and I purchased last year. He is willing to
sign off on this repair if we learn how to do it or get someone who does
know something to do it..
Tracy et al -
Actually, this is going to be a DIFFICULT SB for any LNC 2
builder or owner, except possibly for those in the early stages of
construction who have not yet installed their stub wings. The reason Lancair
chose a "brace" instead of a full-width replacement of the secondary attach
point (spanning the upper and lower spar caps... a superior design) was to
reduce the amount of rework. Bracing the attach point (vs.installing a new
one) still requires removing each main gear (which requires removing the
wings) in order to have full access to the attach point for prepping,
installation of lay-ups, etc. That's less work than having to break out the
existing attach point, which is really a difficult job. This will be a
fairly critical rework, so a lot of care should be taken to get it right.
Bill Rumburg
N403WR (Sonic bOOm)
LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html
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