Lars Jensen
I'm New Here
Hello All RV-enthusiasts.
I have recently bought an RV6A, after it had done the forward flip.. The result was a damaged firewall, wrinkled fuselage skins and fuse longerons bent and pushed outwards as the roll bar came down. The damage stops forward of the tailcone. The event was videoed so just Youtube: RV6 G-CCVS.
This kind of damage has been seen before, and I have been searching for a repairs having been done to the longerons, avoiding to replace the entire tailcone, which was not damaged in the flip. I want to repair replacing the longerons from the (straight) baggage section and forward, placing a doubler across the longeron.
Doing a repair according to AC43-13 should be fairly straight forward, but has anybody done this to date with an approved repair? My issue is that I need to get the repair approved by the LAA here in Britain, and they will want to see a scheme based on either Vans recommendation or AC43-13.
Being a follower of RV for two decades I am new to the RV community, but have overhauled a couple of certified planes in the past, I just got enough of the EASA paperwork in Europe and have seen the RV coming my way for a long time. The RV6 is not that far from my beloved CAP10C in flight characteristics, so now I am giving the RVs a try.
Let me know your advise, or a pointer to the thread where this has been beaten before.
Cheers
Lars Jensen
UK
Robin DR253b D-EGCC
CAP10c D-ETUR
plus more..
I have recently bought an RV6A, after it had done the forward flip.. The result was a damaged firewall, wrinkled fuselage skins and fuse longerons bent and pushed outwards as the roll bar came down. The damage stops forward of the tailcone. The event was videoed so just Youtube: RV6 G-CCVS.
This kind of damage has been seen before, and I have been searching for a repairs having been done to the longerons, avoiding to replace the entire tailcone, which was not damaged in the flip. I want to repair replacing the longerons from the (straight) baggage section and forward, placing a doubler across the longeron.
Doing a repair according to AC43-13 should be fairly straight forward, but has anybody done this to date with an approved repair? My issue is that I need to get the repair approved by the LAA here in Britain, and they will want to see a scheme based on either Vans recommendation or AC43-13.
Being a follower of RV for two decades I am new to the RV community, but have overhauled a couple of certified planes in the past, I just got enough of the EASA paperwork in Europe and have seen the RV coming my way for a long time. The RV6 is not that far from my beloved CAP10C in flight characteristics, so now I am giving the RVs a try.
Let me know your advise, or a pointer to the thread where this has been beaten before.
Cheers
Lars Jensen
UK
Robin DR253b D-EGCC
CAP10c D-ETUR
plus more..