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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 4:54 PM
Subject: 4-P
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for forwarding the message from Skip Slater. He
> is talking about the same airplane that I have photos
> of. This airplane did have a small piece missing out
> of one of the prop blades. Curiously is was on the
> trailing edge of the prop tip. The missing prop piece
> was kind of confusing to me. I thought it might have
> somthing to do with the lightning strike but there no
> burn or scorch marks aroung the break. The prop is
> alum and to me it look like a break at a metal defect,
> like there was some kind of hidden crack that
> propagated and then broke off. I also noted the lack
> of static wicks.
>
> I would have thought that the rudder was trash and the
> right wing was potentially trash, however on Friday
> the rudder was off and there was some guy reparing it.
> He had already sanded the entry hole in the wing and
> mentioned all he needed to do was lay up a few more
> plys of carbon and things would be good as new. Is
> that possible on a lightning strike??? I dont have a
> lot of expertise in composit stuff. I know dings and
> dent can be fixed but where it has done obvious damage
> to the underlying structure?
>
> Reuven
>
>
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