This is the first plane I've owned with wheel pants, so I don't know.

Is it normal for wheel pants to eventually have hair line cracks? I have the Seagull .90 Extra 260 and I flew it about 12 times this year and last night I decided to take the Iron to it to get some wrinkles that re-appeared on the bottom of the fuse.

When I looked at the wheel pants, I saw a spider web of hairline cracks around the landing gear legs where the pants and leg attatches around the bolt. There's a few small cracks on the bottom of the pants near the tire well.

Is this normal?

Pete