pitts12driver
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Much to my chagrin, a guest accidentally knocked my left wing of my RV7-A off of the sawhorses while we had it resting. The leading edge was dented along the second rib in from the root, and the rib has a small buckle. Clearly I need to do something, but I'm trying to understand my options.
1) Remove the skin from the tank, replace the 2nd rib, reskin. If this was a normal flying surface that would be my approach. However the tank sealant complicates that approach and I worry that it would be really difficult to get all the mating surface clean enough to reseal.
2) Build a new left tank. It's actually not that much work, but I worry that the project I took over is from 2009, and I have no idea if the current model pre-punched holes would remotely match all the nutplates already installed on the wing.
So, I'm not really sure how best to proceed. All constructive thoughts welcome
1) Remove the skin from the tank, replace the 2nd rib, reskin. If this was a normal flying surface that would be my approach. However the tank sealant complicates that approach and I worry that it would be really difficult to get all the mating surface clean enough to reseal.
2) Build a new left tank. It's actually not that much work, but I worry that the project I took over is from 2009, and I have no idea if the current model pre-punched holes would remotely match all the nutplates already installed on the wing.
So, I'm not really sure how best to proceed. All constructive thoughts welcome