sbalmos
Well Known Member
Well, something like this was bound to happen. One slipped step on my 3-step ladder in the hangar, and down I go. The ladder was pushed forward into the flap trailing edge. Ironically, right at the No Step label.
The bend in the trailing edge I worked out with a soft wood clamp. There's a very minor downward crease on the upper skin, right at probably the forward edge of the trailing edge wedge. There is a more pronounced (relatively) crease on the bottom skin, again right at the edge of the trailing edge wedge, and 3 popped trailing edge rivets.
My guess is I'm still fine. But during winter downtime, I can drill out the 3 rivets, somehow slip something in, and try to work out the bottom skin crease? Other ideas welcome. Hard to take pictures of the bottom crease. Either the light reflection helps show it, but makes it look worse, or the lighting doesn't show it at all.
The bend in the trailing edge I worked out with a soft wood clamp. There's a very minor downward crease on the upper skin, right at probably the forward edge of the trailing edge wedge. There is a more pronounced (relatively) crease on the bottom skin, again right at the edge of the trailing edge wedge, and 3 popped trailing edge rivets.
My guess is I'm still fine. But during winter downtime, I can drill out the 3 rivets, somehow slip something in, and try to work out the bottom skin crease? Other ideas welcome. Hard to take pictures of the bottom crease. Either the light reflection helps show it, but makes it look worse, or the lighting doesn't show it at all.