More than one case of the test not revealing a failure.

An Astir CS which had been in a trailing crash. The underside of the wing
about 1 metre from the root had an obvious impact over the spar region. The
frequency test did not show any significant change. However when the
damaged area was opened for repair it revealed significant damage to the
spar cap and web.

Regards,
John Orton


On 2 December 2015 at 08:48, Mark Newton <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 1 Dec 2015, at 9:42 PM, Justin Couch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > There is also one case where it didn't (Bathurst's DG300 that
> delaminated the spar caps from the wing didn't pick up a freq change, but
> the tap test did).
>
> Interesting - I’ve spoken to Brits who had never heard of the tap test and
> were a bit bemused at Australia’s seeming obsession with it when they found
> out about it.
>
> Nice to know that it might be useful for something :-)
>
>   - mark
>
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