The left wing was the most severely damaged. The spar was bent and the skin was damaged. There was a lot of dissimilar metal corrosion due to the interaction between the aluminum and the steel mounting bracket for the wing tip pogo wheel. Not too concerned about the corrosion since we'll be replacing all of the metal in that area. I did find out that Jason is real good at drilling out rivets!
The plan is to fix the spar and ribs without taking off too much skin. That way when we start to re-skin her, the underlying structure should be straight. At least that's plan!
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Spar and rib damage revealed after
wing tip and skin are removed |
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| Wing tip and some skin removed. That rib is had it! |
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| The internal structure doesn't look too bad. |
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That L-shaped aluminum and it's lower counterpart
will be replaced. Hopefully, the shear web is okay. |
