AboveMSL
Well Known Member
Hi Folks, I had my garage door up last week during high winds, and the price for being stupid was that my wing stand got blown over. The right wing, which has only the top skins on, received damaged to the aft, inboard corner of the top wing skin. I was able to bend the skin back to a very acceptable condition, however, the most inboard rivet hole dimple, which attaches to the upper flange of the aft spar, has 2 small cracks. (the spar hole is not cracked, only the skin hole) Drilling up to a -4 (oops) rivet will not remove the cracks. I'm inclined to just drill out the rivets and replace the top inboard skin, but before I do so, thought I'd check here for alternative ideas. Thanks, Greg
I did reach out to Van's with my plan of replacing the top skin and Tony's quick response (which I appreciate) was, "that's probably what I would do too." So that's one solid vote.
I did reach out to Van's with my plan of replacing the top skin and Tony's quick response (which I appreciate) was, "that's probably what I would do too." So that's one solid vote.
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