Strikefinder
Member
Hi folks,
Well, a momentary lack of sense while rearranging the very tight garage workspace led to my leaning my right elevator haphazardly against an unstable structure, which predictably (in hindsight), caused it to tip over and hit the edge of my wing stand pretty hard. After many cuss words, I found the dent below in the trailing edge (which led to more cuss words).
I'm feeling fairly confident that this will require me to replace the skin, and while I will attempt to drill out all the rivets without blowing out holes in the spar and ribs, I'm not confident I will get through them all without making at least one show-stopping mistake (it will be good practice, I guess). In any case, I'm figuring I'm most likely rebuilding the right elevator from scratch to make up for my stupidity.
That said, wondering if anybody thinks this is safely repairable, and if so, if you can guide me to a YouTube video or something describing the technique I would use to even attempt this. I've thought about bringing it to a dent repair place before throwing in the towel , but it's bad enough that I'm not sure it's worth it. Thoughts?
Well, a momentary lack of sense while rearranging the very tight garage workspace led to my leaning my right elevator haphazardly against an unstable structure, which predictably (in hindsight), caused it to tip over and hit the edge of my wing stand pretty hard. After many cuss words, I found the dent below in the trailing edge (which led to more cuss words).
I'm feeling fairly confident that this will require me to replace the skin, and while I will attempt to drill out all the rivets without blowing out holes in the spar and ribs, I'm not confident I will get through them all without making at least one show-stopping mistake (it will be good practice, I guess). In any case, I'm figuring I'm most likely rebuilding the right elevator from scratch to make up for my stupidity.
That said, wondering if anybody thinks this is safely repairable, and if so, if you can guide me to a YouTube video or something describing the technique I would use to even attempt this. I've thought about bringing it to a dent repair place before throwing in the towel , but it's bad enough that I'm not sure it's worth it. Thoughts?