|
-
POSTING RULES
-
Donate yearly (please).
-
Advertise in here!
-
Today's Posts
|
Insert Pics
|
07-11-2014, 01:47 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 416
|
|
Proseal and pop rivets
Took a hop on AA MD-80 last week, DFW to TUL. Noticed this patch on the acft and thought it looked interesting, having set quite a few blind rivets myself in the RV-12 project. That's a lot of holes to drill. Hope they got all the chips cleared out OK.
__________________
John Halcrow
Tustin, CA
RV-12 120682
Emp/TC done; Wings done; Fuse kit done
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --Abba Eban
Paid up until Aug 2021
|
07-11-2014, 03:28 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Laguna Hills, CA
Posts: 1,805
|
|
What, no edge rolling? That's a heckuva patch?I wonder what caused the damage in the first place. Condor strike?
__________________
Doug
RV-9A "slider"
Flew to Osh in 2017, 2018 & 2019! 
Tail number N427DK
Donation made for 2020
You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky -- Amelia Earhart
|
07-11-2014, 03:49 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Defiance, MO
Posts: 1,666
|
|
Most likely caused by ground crew running the jetway into it.
__________________
Philip
RV-6A - 14+ years, 900+ hours
Based at 1H0 (Creve Coeur)
Paid dues yearly since 2007
|
07-11-2014, 04:11 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 416
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by plehrke
Most likely caused by ground crew running the jetway into it.
|
Note the reflection of the jetway in the fuse skin. It's right there. However, it could also just as easily have been flight crew taxiing the plane into the jetway. Hey, it happens.
__________________
John Halcrow
Tustin, CA
RV-12 120682
Emp/TC done; Wings done; Fuse kit done
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --Abba Eban
Paid up until Aug 2021
|
07-11-2014, 04:35 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: San Pedro
Posts: 1,013
|
|
Hmmm
I'm not an expert for sure but looks kind of sloppy to me. Guess it'll hold up to the atmosphere/cabin pressure thou. Hope that it is just a temporary patch??? Which airline please?
__________________
Building finally
|
07-11-2014, 05:16 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Omaha, NE (KMLE)
Posts: 2,246
|
|
That is just downright ugly. It was obviously done by someone who doesn't own the plane.
__________________
Dale
Omaha, NE
RV-12 # 222 N980KM "Screamin' Canary" (bought flying)
Fisher Celebrity (under construction)
Previous RV-7 project (sold)
|
07-11-2014, 05:31 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Big Sandy, WY
Posts: 2,567
|
|
Hmm, usually they also have proseal streaks because they're in such a hurry.
__________________
Actual repeat offender.
|
07-11-2014, 06:20 PM
|
|
|
proseal
I assure you that is a temporary repair and most likely has a time attached to it. Airliners don't make money sitting on the ground.
Image the interior items that are going to have to be removed to get at the other side to buck a rivet.
Cherry max rivets for sure, the sealant is to keep the pressurization in.
|
07-12-2014, 05:31 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Burleson, TX
Posts: 117
|
|
Considering it's an MD80 and flying from DFW to TUL, I'm going to guess it's the company I work for: American Airlines.
That repair is most definetly temporary and it would never get approved if it wasn't structuraly sound. It's all about turning the metal. Those old MD80s will be phased out within the next couple of years as they are a high time and high cycle fleet.
__________________
Ken
?Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.? Anonymous
Building an RV-7
Empennage complete, fuselage 75%, wings 75%.
|
07-12-2014, 05:52 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Defiance, MO
Posts: 1,666
|
|
This looks very similar to the repair I am doing today on my RV-6A tail.
http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...72&postcount=6
I am using a few less Cherrymax and thinner plate but exactly the same idea with the proseal. I hope mine looks better then this one.
__________________
Philip
RV-6A - 14+ years, 900+ hours
Based at 1H0 (Creve Coeur)
Paid dues yearly since 2007
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:52 AM.
|
Linear Mode
