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Old 03-04-2012, 03:36 PM
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Default Elevator Trailing Edge Crack

I made my initial trim tab opening bend about 1/8" or so too far outboard, and in the process of "unbending" I inadvertently flattened the trailing edge. I opened it back up with my bending block, but now there's about a 3/8" crack along the trailing edge.

Make a "drain hole" at the end of the crack or order a new skin?
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Old 03-04-2012, 08:17 PM
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I wonder if there is a reason you couldn't stop drill it and then fill it with a tiny dab of JB or flocks.
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