>Hi all, >Well, after I wrote my previous Email I headed up to the airport (with the >key to the plane - BAD IDEA scared me to death!) I found that the fabric >was largely tight again (I am not usually so optimistic!) I got to thinking >about it and I figured that the looseness was caused by the awful stickiness >in the hangar. It had been rained on inside yesterday when the door was up >and all that water evaporated in there overnight and it was nasty. I >figured that caused the sagging so I put the plates back on and went flying >3 T&G's as there was about a 10 mile clearing in the clouds. Unfortunately, >the fabric had apparently NOT actually returned to regular taughtness. The >plane didn't climb well and the odd thing is that it was yawing everywhere >when turning, so much that I could not coordinate with the pedals! >Actually, I took my neighbor Bill Jones 415CD owner for a ride yesterday and >it scared me to death with its poor climb but we thought I just wasn't used >to carrying a passenger! I had to use full right rudder to keep it straight >down the runway yesterday but I figured the light wind was the culprit, and >then I thought maybe I had accidentally cross controlled, resulting in the >poor climb. It usually takes very little rudder. Anyhow, the fabric is now >puffing out a LOT on the left wing in flight, much more than one would >expect from how the sagging looks, and I am quite worried. I'm not flying >it again until I redo it. It was yawing so much to the left when turning >final that it was no joke, I did not have enough rudder to take care of it. >It is supposed to be Polyfibre and the fabric is stamped as such but I think >maybe it has butyrate or something on it as I think the moisture has caused >this or maybe the shock of going from outside to back into the hangar. It >is also supposed to be a 1979 job but I am almost 100% certain it was >recovered at the time of the 16 holes AD, though it is not in the logs. >Sorry for the long Email but I thought you all might be interested. At >least the wings look absolutely great inside no corrosion somebody said they >looked better than new. Glen Ward > >
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