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Old 04-07-2008 | 02:54 PM
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From: Coltishall, UNITED KINGDOM
Default Ziroli P38 boom design problem

Dear All
Just a word of warning, to anyone who has or is building a Ziroli P38.
We were extremely lucky to get Peter's P38 down in one piece.
It was flying at our bash at Colt last Friday when a hatch departed in flight.
I throttled back as much as I dared and brought here in, on landing I could see that the booms were not inline. One boom was just about severed just behind the tailing edge of the wing and the other had cracked. I have told the LMA about this, in my view a directive needs to be issued against the booms on this model, and a suitable mod issued by the LMA.
And the designer for that matter.

My good friend JetjockGB (Graham) is untertaking the repairs of the P38 for Peter.

Regards Phil G.
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