I have an email into Van's support on this one but I thought I'd check the collective wisdom of VAF. I've run into some issues on my third annual condition inspection (approx. 200 hours on the airframe)
The first issue is the infamous elevator trailing edge cracking. I'm just going to rebuild the elevators with .020 skins and use this as an opportunity to add electric trim. No big problem there, just annoying.
The second issue I ran into is that the right hand main gear has a bit of play in it. If you push on the axle you can get fore and aft movement of about 1/16 to 1/8 inch. The bolt at the top of the gear leg that runs through the gear socket moves with the gear leg. Not sure what is to be done about this. Any suggestions?
The third problem I found was some cracking of the top wing skin just outboard of the wingwalk. The cracks run along the rear spar rivet line and radiate from 3 rivet holes. The cracks appear to have been caused by the skin flexing when an errant foot has missed the wing walk. Again, suggestions are appreciated.
The first issue is the infamous elevator trailing edge cracking. I'm just going to rebuild the elevators with .020 skins and use this as an opportunity to add electric trim. No big problem there, just annoying.
The second issue I ran into is that the right hand main gear has a bit of play in it. If you push on the axle you can get fore and aft movement of about 1/16 to 1/8 inch. The bolt at the top of the gear leg that runs through the gear socket moves with the gear leg. Not sure what is to be done about this. Any suggestions?
The third problem I found was some cracking of the top wing skin just outboard of the wingwalk. The cracks run along the rear spar rivet line and radiate from 3 rivet holes. The cracks appear to have been caused by the skin flexing when an errant foot has missed the wing walk. Again, suggestions are appreciated.