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Lynn, Do you know of any 415 coupes that had the same corrosion as the alons , Neill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:16 AM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Corrosion in stub wing > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Hi Fellow Coupers; I have inspected the second Florida Alon, and found > corrosion in the RH stub wing on this one. After removing the wings, I could > see several spots on the bottom skin, and a small area around the same spot > that Hartmut found corrosion in his Coupe. So I removed the bottom skin. > The corrosion on the bottom skin had worked its way under almost all > of the stiffeners, especially around about 1/2 of the rivets. I have sent a > couple pictures to Ed, and if he would be so kind as to put them on his web > site, you can see the rib area I am talking about. The three front rivets > that hold the upper connecting angle to the rib have their heads corroded > off. > I know this is not nearly as serious as the first one I reported (That > one was not a flying airplane) however, it looks like we need to take a close > look at all of our Coupes to ensure we keep them safe. > Lynn Nelsen > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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