Hi Darren: Sorry to hear about your spare tire "incident". If there is
no skin damage, you are right on to suspect a separation of skin and foam..
This may not be a problem depending how big the delamed area is. The tap
test is the standard test for this. Take a loonie (we used to use quarters
but inflation effects everything) tap on the suspected area and listen for a
hollow sound , if the foam is separated it will sound different than good
areas. The easiest fix is to drill some one-sixteenth holes in the damaged
area and use a hypo needle (I get mine from a friend who is a horse breeder,
his vet gives them to him) to inject some epoxy resin into the holes. Just
fill the holes just full and put a small piece of high speed tape (what ever
you can find lying around) over the hole as you fill the other ones. I
forgot to mention to wax the repair area before you start the repair and
after you peel the tape , a razor will cut the little nubs of resin off and
the repair will be almost invisible. Having said all that, it's unlikely
that the damage, if it's not too big (2 or 3 inches dia.) or near any of
the spars, will cause any problems. Most guys will just keep an eye on it
to make sure it's not getting any bigger as a result of flight loads. Hope
this doesn't sound like a mountain instead of a mole hill.
Good luck and take care.
Bill Mc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pond Family" <pond...@rogers.com>
To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:27 PM
Subject: KR> accident with stored wings
> Yes I know it's a crime but.....
> I took advantage of a fellow with a Pickup truck to move my wings from A
to
> B. The fellow had a spare tire in the back that fell onto my wing. There
is
> no damage to the surface or wing shape. Should I be concerned? Am I
missing
> something with my review?
>
> I figure the risk is the foam has separated from the upper wing surface
> which could bubble in flight or am I looking for a problem that may not
> happen.
>
> Darren Pond
>
> Cambridge Ontario Canada
>
> pond...@rogers.com
>
> Live to Play and Play to Live
>
>
>
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