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Excellent follow-up by Schempp-Hirth!
The problem with the Duo could not have happened at a worse time.
Right in the middle of the soaring season and the Schempp-Hirth factory on holiday. A lot of SHK workers volunteered to skip their vacation and help out with the inspections that started already started last weekend. I made the 700 Km drive to Kirchhein on Sunday afternoon. Next day SHK workers were already busy from 7 AM. The inspection procedure is rather simple. One team is taking care of the removal of ailerons and drilling inspection holes. After that the inspection team comes in with a boroscope. If no defects are found, the holes in airbrake box are repaired; the 2 small holes (12 mm) in the lower skin are reinforced with epoxy and covered by tape. Ailerons installed , paper work done and you're out in about 3 to 4 hours. Unfortunately the left wing of my Duo had a 4 cm defective bond near the wing tip and repairs were needed. From that entire number of Duo's present at that time; there was one other Duo who needed similar repairs. They had to cut out a few small panels in the underside of the wing to make repairs to the bonding of the spar. After this they had to repair the cut-outs and restore the finish. This took about 24 hours of extra time. Next week the CS factory that manufactures most of the Duo parts will be back from vacation. A hefty investigation will start… |
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