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Hartmut
That's a good one... "reproduction cycles".
Are the bolt tightening specs. located in a service bulletin? Will Univair have this info readily accessible?
Thanks,
Darick
N94139
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From: Hartmut Beil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Joe Homebrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:52:41 +0100
Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] I need my wings taken off?
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Dave.
For an initial inspection of the center section I usually recommended taking the wings off AND have the inspection holes installed.
Any findings would require taking the wings off anyway. And it is relatively easy to work on the plane with the wings off.
The inspection plates are allowing access to locations that one can not reach even with the wings off. And they allow for easy inspections afterwards.
That was before SB32. Now, since we might have to take the wings off very 6 years anyway for the Ercoupe pregnancy test (Univair found that the reproduction cycle of Ercoupes is every 6 years), it seems not to matter anymore. Since we might have to take the wings off every 6 years , we might as well do it every 3 years too.
The wings go off fairly easy and Univair even published usable data on reassemble - e.g.. bolt tightening requirements.
Hartmut
Dave.
For an initial inspection of the center section I usually recommended taking the wings off AND have the inspection holes installed.
Any findings would require taking the wings off anyway. And it is relatively easy to work on the plane with the wings off.
The inspection plates are allowing access to locations that one can not reach even with the wings off. And they allow for easy inspections afterwards.
That was before SB32. Now, since we might have to take the wings off very 6 years anyway for the Ercoupe pregnancy test (Univair found that the reproduction cycle of Ercoupes is every 6 years), it seems not to matter anymore. Since we might have to take the wings off every 6 years , we might as well do it every 3 years too.
The wings go off fairly easy and Univair even published usable data on reassemble - e.g.. bolt tightening requirements.
Hartmut
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