---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 04/29/11: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:16:38 AM PST US Subject: Re: RV-List: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners... From: "jfogarty tds.net" Matt, Do you have a photo? Jim Fogarty RV9A building On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Matt Dralle 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... > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:19:39 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV-List: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners... From: Robin Marks 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 wrote: > Matt, Do you have a photo? > > Jim Fogarty > RV9A building > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Matt Dralle 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... >> >> >> ========== >> get="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List >> ========== >> http://forums.matronics.com >> ========== >> -Matt Dralle, List Admin. >> ="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >> ========== >> >> >> >> > * > > * > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:49:07 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Re: RV-List: 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 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... > > >========== >get="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List >========== >http://forums.matronics.com >========== > -Matt Dralle, List Admin. >="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >========== > > >t="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List > >tp://forums.matronics.com > >_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution > > - 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... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV-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/rv-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv-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.