If you built a whole new wing and it met the 51% rule, you
would have a new airplane and you could set the GW at 1320 .


"W P Dixon" wrote in
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| Hmmm,
| Maybe find one cheap enough..and for me that takes some
doing! HAHA The
| wing rebuild would be a blast. To bad they don't meet the
sport category :
| ( . But one day if I have the room , it'd be nice to
tinker on one, or a
| Skipper as well. My basement shop is getting alittle full
now with Luscombe
| parts and Volksplane parts! Ahhhh the dilemma of another
plane. I need
| some land and my own hangar...just have to keep dreaming
for awhile.
|
| Patrick
| student SP
| aircraft structural mech
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| "Kyle Boatright" wrote in
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| "W P Dixon" wrote in
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| I've never flown one but I will say I have noticed
their cost. Seem to be
| easily obtainable from 16-20G . I may have to do
alittle checking into
| the wing problem. Can the wing be rebuilt, or does it
have to be red
| tagged after those hours? Rebuilding a wing is alot of
fun, for me
| anyhow, if that was allowable?
|
| Patrick
| student SP
| aircraft structural mech
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| Of course you could remanufacture a wing. However, IIRC
the life limit is
| well over 10k hours, and there are plenty of 3,000 to
4,000 hour Tomahawks
| out there. It might not be worth the time and expense
right now...
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| KB
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