patioed
PATIOED
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I've been a little quiet since I sold my Pitts to Kevin and acquired the Eagle 540 but I need some opinions...I've had the Eagle for about a year in AZ (was an Ohio airplane prior) and decided to do a major tear down and just look at everything...and the good news is everything checked out perfect except this one wing issue discovered by the AP/AI who has lots of experience with these types of airplanes...to the point...Right lower wing, trailing edge spar has what appears to be a "hair line" crack along the grain line from the wing tip about 1/3 of the way in and then it stops...it only shows on the leading edge side of the spar and not on the trailing edge side...if you scratch you fingernail across it, there is about a 4 inch area where you can feel a very thin separation......so, the question is What to do...AI says not 100% sure, lets get a second opinion...second opinion by a restorer in Elroy, AZ...says, Mark the end of the crack and watch it...just by way of information, if you stress the wing up or down...there is no movement in the crack...I was also told that this can be fixed with a gusset per FAA 4 something (have not looked it up yet)
I attached some pictures to help the discussion and Hi jacked one of Cameron's wing pictures to show the extent of this "crack" (thanks Cameron)...so, any ideas????
I attached some pictures to help the discussion and Hi jacked one of Cameron's wing pictures to show the extent of this "crack" (thanks Cameron)...so, any ideas????
