----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Now for something
completely different
Do you have a picture of the gussets, Dan?
----- Original Message -----
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