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Oil canning right side firewall

tbag

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Have noticed a strange noise sounded like a broken exhaust baffle. Inspected could not find anything wrong with the exhaust.

I was in the plane with someone in the right seat and asked them to push their foot against the firewall right behind the pedals. Low and behold there was the noise.

Not sure if anyone has seen canning in this area? Trying to think about the best way to fix it. Most references on the internet are about auto body and heat shrinking steel, which would not be the way to handle this.

If anyone has suggestions would be interested to hear what your thoughts are. Thanks!
 
If I remember correctly there is a kit which has a couple of angle stiffners for the RH side firewall...it's on the Vans support site under "Letters" I believe.
 
Yes, a friend of mine had the same thing happen on his RV-12. He added the short stiffeners to the firewall...fixed.
 
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