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Old 07-08-2008 | 01:21 AM
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Has anybody had any aileron problems? My right one broke off about 6-8 inches from the end.(While in flight) Boy what a great flyer. I never could tell it by the way it flew. I'd not even got nervous if the others would have just said to land and told me what had happened. Instead of screaming something came off. Boy that gets your bp righ on up there. I did not see it come off. I heard a strange noise, but one of our other pilots saw what happened. They walked out in the bean field and found it. I have made repairs and am fixing to rehinge the aileron. She'll be ready to fly again soon.
Just to clarify: Did the aileron come apart or did the hinges fail and it simply came off? The stock CA hinges included with the ST90 are a known, well-documented problem and should definitely not be used.