RV6AussieNick
Well Known Member
Today I received a pamphlet in the mail from CASA, (Australian Civil Aircraft Safety Authority) detailing potential problems with older ageing aircraft. Interesting read as it highlighted many potential problems caused by how the aircraft is hangared or not hangared, high flight cycles, environmental effects, the list goes on.
This got me thinking about older Van's aircraft, I know there are some RV's out there with flying hours in the thousands, (awesome) what defects has owners of older models found, stress cracking, corrosion, wire damage, structural damage.
I am in the middle of a rebuild of my RV-6, the only thing I have found so far has been cracking of the engine mount around the landing gear attach points even after the engine mount/landing gear beef up mod had been carried out 8 years ago. The airframe is in good condition with some filiform corrosion emanating from rivets on the underside of the wings, probably caused by the environment the previous owner kept the aircraft in.
I'm interested to hear how other owners aircraft have been ageing.
Cheers,
This got me thinking about older Van's aircraft, I know there are some RV's out there with flying hours in the thousands, (awesome) what defects has owners of older models found, stress cracking, corrosion, wire damage, structural damage.
I am in the middle of a rebuild of my RV-6, the only thing I have found so far has been cracking of the engine mount around the landing gear attach points even after the engine mount/landing gear beef up mod had been carried out 8 years ago. The airframe is in good condition with some filiform corrosion emanating from rivets on the underside of the wings, probably caused by the environment the previous owner kept the aircraft in.
I'm interested to hear how other owners aircraft have been ageing.
Cheers,