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12-25-2017, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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I?d go to a high end car dealer and ask them who they use to repair door dings, etc. Some of those guys are magicians and can make damage disappear that you might think would be impossible to repair except at a body shop. Worth a try before you pay for the part plus shipping.
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12-25-2017, 07:58 PM
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The metal has been stretched. It needs to be shrunk and there is no reliable way to shrink an edge of thin 2024t3 that I know of. The lancaster shrinkers leave marks that will likely result in cracking. If it was in O condition you could shrink it but t3 is way more difficult.
I assume that is a prepunched skin. Go ahead and order a new one and chaulk it up to experience and be more careful (paranoid) with the new one. I would not use a power tool on the edge of a skin.
Just be glad that you don't have to try and redrill every hole in the right place like on an old -4 or -6 skin.
I have scrapped my share of skins. I know the feeling. The wasted hours hurt more than anything. But the skins aren't cheap either.
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12-25-2017, 07:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Clearwater, FL KCLW
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Another option is to find a local source for the right type of sheet aluminum, buy a sheet and cut and match drill it from the original. May be cheaper than the part plus shipping, or paying somebody to try to fix it.
Chris
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12-25-2017, 08:49 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Shell Knob, MO
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Try this guy
You might want to contact Ken at TM Technologies. If anyone can do it, he can. And he's not too far from your place.
https://www.tinmantech.com/
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12-25-2017, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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There are a few ways to fix this.
None will be cheaper than buying a new skin.
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12-25-2017, 09:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: WI
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Use a piece of wood on top and on the bottom and C- clamps to straighten the area. You will have some spring back and the inevitable stretching, but it should be minimal
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12-25-2017, 11:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SF Bay Area
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Call Vans and see how much the part is. Stop worrying until you find out. Did the same thing with one of my AST tabs. Stressed over it. It was $24. Sure this skin will be more but it's in a bad spot and it will always bother you.
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12-26-2017, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Trenton, SC
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Like was noted earlier, skin is stretched, and where it is located, no Good way to make a repair you would be happy with. With what the total cost of the plane is going to be, the price of a new skin is rather minimal, and probably just as cheap as some exotic repair.
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12-26-2017, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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12-26-2017, 10:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Hobbs, NM
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My vote is for a new skin. That is in a very visible spot and it'll always bug you even if nobody else notices. You may be able to get a lot of the bend out but the way aluminum stretches, it'll be a big chore and perfection may not be possible. Besides, there will be future parts of that project where you will have a nice piece of scrap to cut, shape, and bend into new parts. I received two bad flap skins. Van's replaced them. My project is done now, and parts of the old skins are in my hangar all hacked and chopped up where they were used for miscellaneous shims, brackets, test pieces, etc. Likewise, I got the larger instrument panel. I hacked and chopped the original panel and made a really nice bracket to mount my oil cooler to the firewall! I'm just saying that your original oops probably won't go to waste.
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