krhea
Well Known Member
2014 RV7- 537 hours, cracks in .016 skin of rudder at stiffener to spar.
Looking for possible avenues to repair these cracks.
1. Clear packing tape & stop drill-observation (gleaned from searching forum)
2. Click bond patch (gleaned from searching forum)
3. Patch over skin after stop drilling, IAW AC43-13-1B using Cherry N Rivets.
4. Rebuild Rudder using new skins stiffeners, ribs, wedge, spar; reuse FB parts, counterbalance, hardware.
It won’t bother me to put a patch on skin, not a perfect airplane, but doesn’t have any trim tabs and only weighs 1020# all up.
Maybe do #3 and then #4 later.
Have i missed anything?
Thanks
Keith Rhea
RV7
2021 Donation
Looking for possible avenues to repair these cracks.
1. Clear packing tape & stop drill-observation (gleaned from searching forum)
2. Click bond patch (gleaned from searching forum)
3. Patch over skin after stop drilling, IAW AC43-13-1B using Cherry N Rivets.
4. Rebuild Rudder using new skins stiffeners, ribs, wedge, spar; reuse FB parts, counterbalance, hardware.
It won’t bother me to put a patch on skin, not a perfect airplane, but doesn’t have any trim tabs and only weighs 1020# all up.
Maybe do #3 and then #4 later.
Have i missed anything?
Thanks
Keith Rhea
RV7
2021 Donation