WingnutWick
Well Known Member
Hello!
I recently suffered a bird strike on the left wing of the 10 and I am looking into the best (least painful/most effective/efficient) way to go about this repair. I have an airframe guy who is going to do it. The three options of now that I am looking at are:
1. Reskin entire panel with solid rivets which would be a massive project considering access is limited to buck rivets. Basically (unless someone knows something I don't) would mean deconstructing most of the wing skin.
2. Splice in a section to cover the damaged part. Seems easy but a little funky and less clean. Obviously the seam could be filled in but it doesn't resonate with my OCD type tendencies.
3. Reskin the entire section using Cherry Max rivets. This to me seems like the best alternative time/cost wise since I'm coming out of pocket and the one I am leaning towards.
Looking for input on all options but my main question is: is there any significant reason why reskinning with cherry max would be a bad thing? Weight difference?
Thank you!
Charles
I recently suffered a bird strike on the left wing of the 10 and I am looking into the best (least painful/most effective/efficient) way to go about this repair. I have an airframe guy who is going to do it. The three options of now that I am looking at are:
1. Reskin entire panel with solid rivets which would be a massive project considering access is limited to buck rivets. Basically (unless someone knows something I don't) would mean deconstructing most of the wing skin.
2. Splice in a section to cover the damaged part. Seems easy but a little funky and less clean. Obviously the seam could be filled in but it doesn't resonate with my OCD type tendencies.
3. Reskin the entire section using Cherry Max rivets. This to me seems like the best alternative time/cost wise since I'm coming out of pocket and the one I am leaning towards.
Looking for input on all options but my main question is: is there any significant reason why reskinning with cherry max would be a bad thing? Weight difference?
Thank you!
Charles
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