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1. 09:16 AM - Re: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners... (jfogarty tds.net)
2. 01:19 PM - Re: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners... (Robin Marks)
3. 09:49 PM - Re: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners... (Matt Dralle)
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| Subject: | Re: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners... |
Matt, Do you have a photo?
Jim Fogarty
RV9A building
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
>
> After washing the 'ol RV-8 last night, I noticed that there is about a .5"
> crack in the .02" skin of the rudder in the *front* of two of the angle
> stiffeners (towards the leading edge of the rudder). The skin is a little
> "bulgy" right there, and its possible that I gave that area a good push with
> my thumb at some point to see if I could get it to flatten out.
>
> Obviously I need to keep an eye on this, but is it anything to worry about,
> really? I'm just about ready to take the plane in for paint, so if I have
> to do something about it, I'd rather do it *before* the paint.
>
> Thanks in advance for the feedback,
>
> -
> Matt "Fox" Dralle
> RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
> http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Log
> http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
> Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Paint job is all that's left...
>
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| Subject: | Re: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners... |
I would be willing to bet Matt has 1080P HD video of the crack from 3
different viewpoints.
Robin
Do Not Archive
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:11 PM, jfogarty tds.net <jfogarty@tds.net> wrote:
> Matt, Do you have a photo?
>
> Jim Fogarty
> RV9A building
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> After washing the 'ol RV-8 last night, I noticed that there is about a .5"
>> crack in the .02" skin of the rudder in the *front* of two of the angle
>> stiffeners (towards the leading edge of the rudder). The skin is a little
>> "bulgy" right there, and its possible that I gave that area a good push with
>> my thumb at some point to see if I could get it to flatten out.
>>
>> Obviously I need to keep an eye on this, but is it anything to worry
>> about, really? I'm just about ready to take the plane in for paint, so if I
>> have to do something about it, I'd rather do it *before* the paint.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the feedback,
>>
>> -
>> Matt "Fox" Dralle
>> RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
>> http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Log
>> http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
>> Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Paint job is all that's left...
>>
>>
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| Subject: | Re: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners... |
Har har har... Very funny. Okay, you're right. I do... ;-) I'll post some when
I get back from the WCFC on Monday.
WCFC is tons of fun, btw; I highly recommend!
Matt
At 01:14 PM 4/29/2011 Friday, you wrote:
>I would be willing to bet Matt has 1080P HD video of the crack from 3 different
viewpoints.
>
>Robin
>Do Not Archive
>
>
>On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:11 PM, jfogarty <http://tds.net>tds.net <<mailto:jfogarty@tds.net>jfogarty@tds.net> wrote:
>Matt, Do you have a photo?
>
>Jim Fogarty
>RV9A building
>
>On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Matt Dralle <<mailto:dralle@matronics.com>dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
>
>After washing the 'ol RV-8 last night, I noticed that there is about a .5" crack
in the .02" skin of the rudder in the *front* of two of the angle stiffeners
(towards the leading edge of the rudder). The skin is a little "bulgy" right
there, and its possible that I gave that area a good push with my thumb at some
point to see if I could get it to flatten out.
>
>Obviously I need to keep an eye on this, but is it anything to worry about, really?
I'm just about ready to take the plane in for paint, so if I have to do
something about it, I'd rather do it *before* the paint.
>
>Thanks in advance for the feedback,
>
>-
>Matt "Fox" Dralle
>RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
><http://www.mattsrv8.com>http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Log
><http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8>http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
>Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Paint job is all that's left...
>
>
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>get="_blank"><http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List>http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List
>==========
>http://forums.matronics.com
>==========
> -Matt Dralle, List Admin.
>="_blank"><http://www.matronics.com/contribution>http://www.matronics.com/contribution
>==========
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>
>t="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List
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>tp://forums.matronics.com
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>_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution
>
>
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Matt "Fox" Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Paint job is all that's left...
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