Tost Ring Failure

On Monday, June 5, 2017 at 7:45:05 PM UTC-6, Jock Proudfoot wrote:
Larry Morrow posted
Yesterday we found a toast ring with a fracture in the big ring. It
appears to completely through the ring. Has anyone else had this
experience? I have attached two image flies showing both sides of the
ring.
https://forum.sac.ca/download/file.php?id=254
https://forum.sac.ca/download/file.php?id=253

We had a TOST large ring failure while winch launching at a CAP Flight Academy a few years ago. It failed at the weld taper and the ring also broke opposite the weldment with the appearance of fatigue crystallization at the break. So, it's possible several launches were done with the failed weld before the ring failed at the second point. It was reported back to the vendor and also to TOST IIRC. Locally we discussed if perhaps some counterfeit supplies were getting into the channel. The academy leader passed away some time after the academy so I don't know the result of the report but perhaps the vendor will recall the event. I'll check.

Frank Whiteley