Hi Guys...just starting back up an RV-6 project that had been on hold for 15 years (to build a Rotorway and a few race cars in between
).
Anyway - I dug my wings out of storage and was very disappointed to find some damage on the outboard of one of the wings.
Looks like the top side skin took some sort of impact and crinkled the rib below as well.
I'm wondering what the best repair would be here. I'm thinking that replacing the entire skin and rib here may cause more damage than what gets fixed through all of the drilling out of rivets that would occur.
Would it be ok the cut the skin two rib stations back and overlay a new sheet of .024. I think the rib can probably be salvaged/straightened...
Does this seem reasonable or should I bite the bullet and replace the whole skin and rib.??
TIA,
Anyway - I dug my wings out of storage and was very disappointed to find some damage on the outboard of one of the wings.
I'm wondering what the best repair would be here. I'm thinking that replacing the entire skin and rib here may cause more damage than what gets fixed through all of the drilling out of rivets that would occur.
Would it be ok the cut the skin two rib stations back and overlay a new sheet of .024. I think the rib can probably be salvaged/straightened...
Does this seem reasonable or should I bite the bullet and replace the whole skin and rib.??
![WingDamage1.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chaney-roofing.com%2Fimages%2FWingDamage1.jpg&hash=98bd6a80033d426afb88fd1ef7e15fb0)
![WingDamage2.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chaney-roofing.com%2Fimages%2FWingDamage2.jpg&hash=13b7b3935acc4df2cdff772fec1f8f40)
TIA,