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Old 09-18-2008, 05:15 AM
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Default More than RV's

All the Hawker 125 jets have a rubber strip that goes between the upper wing fairing and wing that is bonded to the plank with aerodynamic sealer. Occasionally a section of this will come unbonded. Just as the aircraft rotates, the high pressure under the wing and in the wheel wells combined with low pressure on top makes it buzz in the worst kind of way - kinda like a woopie cushion! It can sure make a passenger come unglued.

We once had one of our crews shutting down engines one at a time thinking they had one of them coming apart. It's funny what being scared will make you do.
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Old 09-18-2008, 05:20 AM
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Count me in for this club. I had the same thing happen to me...on about my fourth flight! Luckily I happened to have a chase pilot and I asked him if he saw anything come lose and he spotted the rubber flopping around.
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Old 09-18-2008, 05:34 AM
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Default Securing that gap strip

I found that pliobond on a well cleaned, oil free part has kept the strip on for 350+ hours. I also drilled through both the strip and metal at the end and secured with .032 safetywire. Two small passes through both, you can't see it. No movement.
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Old 09-18-2008, 07:57 AM
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Default Never had that experience, but......

Thanks for the warning!
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Old 09-18-2008, 10:03 AM
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Default That hurt!

I can't tell you how much that hurt when that happened to me! Louise had just lifted me off from the College Station airport when I started feeling that thing slap against my belly. Beaten with a rubber strip! I was scared that Louise had found out about my earlier antics and was punishing me!

I heard Louise talk to the tower and tell them that she thought she had left the oil fill door open and needed to return. On the ground, she just tucked it back in. She and Paul put some Pliobond on once we got home and I'm feeling a little more secure now.
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Old 09-18-2008, 11:53 AM
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Talking So is this a tail-dragger issue?

My intersection fairing seem to hold mine in place.

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Old 09-18-2008, 05:32 PM
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Default Weatherstripping

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My intersection fairing seem to hold mine in place.
....So far .... This is one to look at with all RV's with that rubber strip.
I'm going to tie this "loose end" with pliobond.
"The Weatherstripper" is acually a solo drum act... push the knob all-the-way-in and he'll get real loud
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Old 08-22-2020, 02:19 PM
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Default wing root fairing rubber strip

What's the current wisdom on the best solution to this problem? Mine is not banging, but sounds like ball bearings in the engine.

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I'm thinking of taping over the whole thing with some duct tape - tried electrical tape and it blew off in the first few minutes.
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Old 08-22-2020, 02:46 PM
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Yep, been there with both the Hawker and our RV-8.
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Old 08-22-2020, 02:51 PM
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Mickey, watched your vid... would now try a strip of HST, better adhering properties, and better looks , don’t forget to use some soft shape, like the end of a screwdriver, to iron it down to shape.

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