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     1. 11:23 PM - Update on crack in Glasair FT inboard strut attach bracket  (MPPalmer@aol.com)
 
 
 
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Time: 11:23:37 PM PST US
From: MPPalmer@aol.com
Subject: Glasair-List: Update on crack in Glasair FT inboard strut attach bracket

--> Glasair-List message posted by: MPPalmer@aol.com

Remember last year, when I posted a photo of a hairline crack in our Glasair 
FT gear bracket? I stop drilled the crack, which seems to have worked for the 
year, but decided to fix the crack this year.

When I pulled the bracket (not as easy as it sounds), I found bent ears. 
Hmmm... could this be why the cracks? But what bent the ears? Is there a design

flaw in the Glasair FT design? Could your brackets be next?

You can read (and see) all the gory details at

www.members.cox.net/mppalmer

Lots of pictures. Would appreciate any theories. Cliff (Faber) says it's the 
first example of cracking there he's seen. (That was as of last year.)

Mike Palmer <><