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Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:28
PM
Subject: [LML] Re: Now for something
completely different
I had a couple of cracks in the engine mount that
could only be detected by a trained eye. There was just a little wrinkle
in the paint. There was never any shimmy or other symptoms. I
happened to be in Redmond at the time and took it over to Lancair and
their welder rewelded it and welded gussets in the "corners". It
saved me from moving the engine. I was told that there is no way it
is going to crack now. It is such a simple fix until I don't know why
they are not made with the gussets from the start. Maybe they are now,
because he already had the gussets made up.
The point is, to look at the paint on the welds very
closely. If there is the least wrinkle, investigate
further.
Dan Reagan
IVP 650 hours and holding