N941WR
Legacy Member
I'm not sure where to post this so I'll just dump it here and the moderators can move it, if they wish.
Back in the beginning of July when my wings were installed at the airport I had lots of help from other RV builders and tech inspectors. Everyone looked over the installation and said it all was good, go forth and aviate. Aviate I did.
Today I was helping a friend bolt the wings on his -7A and after installing the four big bolts and four small bolts he asked for two AN4-13A bolts for the wing spars. I commented that my -9 didn't have these two extra bolts. He replied, "Are you sure?" Back in my hanger, I pulled the drawings out and sure enough, the -9 also uses two AN4-13 bolts per side. Off came the seat pans and wouldn't you know it, those bolts were missing.
The installing was a non-event, which tells me the center section has not been deformed in the 60 hours it has flown.
I post this because it makes me wonder how many other -7 & -9's (-8's?) are out there flying without these bolts.
Back in the beginning of July when my wings were installed at the airport I had lots of help from other RV builders and tech inspectors. Everyone looked over the installation and said it all was good, go forth and aviate. Aviate I did.
Today I was helping a friend bolt the wings on his -7A and after installing the four big bolts and four small bolts he asked for two AN4-13A bolts for the wing spars. I commented that my -9 didn't have these two extra bolts. He replied, "Are you sure?" Back in my hanger, I pulled the drawings out and sure enough, the -9 also uses two AN4-13 bolts per side. Off came the seat pans and wouldn't you know it, those bolts were missing.
The installing was a non-event, which tells me the center section has not been deformed in the 60 hours it has flown.
I post this because it makes me wonder how many other -7 & -9's (-8's?) are out there flying without these bolts.