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Old May 6th 10, 08:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Blanik Control Bridge AD

On 6 mai, 05:49, wrote:
Doing inspection with dye takes 20 min. If there are cracks, you will
see it immediately !
I was surprised to discover those cracks forcing me to replace the
whole control bridge.


Cheers,
Bruno


Don't assume the cracks will be that large to be easily seen espcially
if you leave the bridge in. *I have seen a case where the dye check
was inconclusive, but the dye pen ran inside the tube right through
the edge of the weld! * This was only found when the part was on the
bench in bright light, with a magnifier as called for in the AD.

* aerodyne


Well....on my Blanik, cracks were huge ones.... so the conclusion was
easy to take...unfortunately....

Bruno