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I feel I must disagree with your assessment. If anything, adding these holes is just correcting a minor oversight in the original design. Most planes even then came with at least some inspection holes on them. I am sure that this was not recklessness on the part of the Ercoupe plane designers but rather the simple fact that no one could have expected these planes to last this long. Besides, the Ercoupe plane is already very prone to collecting water through the window areas and the wing attachment areas and inspection plates will hardly add to this. I believe the main concern here should be for cost and the size of the holes required by the AD. The smaller nickel-sized snap-in covers should be appropriate for a borescope inspection. VA Rick Green wrote: > Hello Herb, > > As the member who put forth the suggestion that it would add to the > "swiss cheese" look, I take exception that you consider this silly. > First, I did not base my opinion as being against this proposed AD > solely on that ground as you infer. I only added that, in my opinion, > it is worse than the cost of complying with the AD. > > No, I do not like the looks of the inspection plates. No just because > of cosmetic reasons, but more importantly they decrease performance as > would anything that impedes smooth airflow. Having fabric wings myself, > > I would much prefer to recover them every ten years or so for > inspections, rather than have the swiss cheese look. But that's my > opinion only. I live with how things are. > > But, anytime that we have to cut into the fuselage to create an > inspection panel, we are going to create a source of further problems. > We are inviting moisture inside by snow, slush, and mud being thrown > against the underbelly in off-concrete landings. And there has to be > some weakness created in the structural integrity of the hull. I'm no > engineer, but common sense seems to bear this out - If I took a sheet of > > aluminum and bent it in from both sides, you would require x amount ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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