The 206 is finally done

It took more than a month, but my 206 is finally flying again after getting
the wing skin replaced. A line guy had towed it into a flagpole. They did
not have to make any modifications and everything is just as it was before.
We ended up replacing the whole leading edge assembly rather than peel the
leading edge off the false ribs and then bond a new skin to them. It was
probably a lot cheaper in the long run, plus doing it the other way would
have required cutting two new inspection holes. Most of the time was spent
on all that riveting, especially toward the back of the wing.

Matt said he didn't even have to learn any new swear words to fix it. (I
think he knows them all anyway.)

--
Christopher J. Campbell
World Famous Flight Instructor
Port Orchard, WA


Ne Obliviscaris

Well, congratulations. Must feel good getting it flying again.

Doug

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:20:52 -0800, "C J Campbell"
wrote:

It took more than a month, but my 206 is finally flying again after getting
the wing skin replaced. A line guy had towed it into a flagpole. They did
not have to make any modifications and everything is just as it was before.
We ended up replacing the whole leading edge assembly rather than peel the
leading edge off the false ribs and then bond a new skin to them. It was
probably a lot cheaper in the long run, plus doing it the other way would
have required cutting two new inspection holes. Most of the time was spent
on all that riveting, especially toward the back of the wing.

Congrats. It must be great to get it back again! Did you end up
painting the plane or just the new wingskin?

C J Campbell wrote:

It took more than a month, but my 206 is finally flying again after
getting the wing skin replaced.

Out of curiosity, what did you do for flying during that month?

- Andrew

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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C J Campbell wrote:

It took more than a month, but my 206 is finally flying again after
getting the wing skin replaced.

Out of curiosity, what did you do for flying during that month?

- Andrew


As a flight instructor, I spend most of my time in other airplanes anyway.
It mostly affected my ability to do high performance instruction and
charter.

"Nathan Young" wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:20:52 -0800, "C J Campbell"
wrote:

It took more than a month, but my 206 is finally flying again after
getting
the wing skin replaced. A line guy had towed it into a flagpole. They did
not have to make any modifications and everything is just as it was
before.
We ended up replacing the whole leading edge assembly rather than peel
the
leading edge off the false ribs and then bond a new skin to them. It was
probably a lot cheaper in the long run, plus doing it the other way would
have required cutting two new inspection holes. Most of the time was
spent
on all that riveting, especially toward the back of the wing.

Congrats. It must be great to get it back again! Did you end up
painting the plane or just the new wingskin?

Just painted the new wingskin. We had to work a little bit to get the color
to match, but it looks pretty good.