---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 05/04/16: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:24 PM - Fuselage cracking (aabreu) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:24:57 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fuselage cracking From: "aabreu" I thought I should post our findings from this years annual. Fairly serious. Discovered some cracks in the fuselage. They were through the strut attach fitting and the cracks ran through the bolt holes. See videos. Poor workmanship is our guess. Not sure if the plans were followed. Gussets in the front cockpit seem insufficient and we hope others aren't built like this. This is a higher stress area, so we were surprised to see how small the gussets were. Will post pictures of our repair on picasa and share the link for you folks. The repair will take us a few weeks, which is eating into our flying season! https://youtu.be/dgiysgWhQdM https://youtu.be/U-3McR7xeHM Andy Abreu N6186L EAA582 Toledo oh Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=455886#455886 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.