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Old 10-13-2004, 03:58 PM
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Default RE: GP Lancair wing failure

ORIGINAL: edh13

I am sad to see he got anything back from the vendor. Mistakes like his blamed on the manufacturer only drive prices up for us. Sorry I'm not as politically correct as most, he clearly didn't follow instructions. That IS the wing root that we are looking at and it's looking back at us with little or NO epoxy on it. It is NOT the inside of the opposite rib. The balsa sheet and ply doublers would not be sanded flush! And an inspector couldn't stamp the inside of the root rib for a quality check. Yea, the wing joiner looks a little spindly but not much could survive without the wings being completely bonded together. Imagine the twisting forces on that joiner! It failed while rolling…Duh!

EDH13

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