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Rib stitching vs glueing
"Morgans" wrote in message ... wrote I vaguely remember reading in the FAA/NTSB archive about such an incident. It was a while ago, so I may be a bit off. What I remember was that the pilot was killed on impact and apparently he was aware of some minor seperation and continued to fly the aircraft until it failed catastrophically. Might have been another bird, but I think it was a celebrity. I'm not 100% sure though. You might try searching the accident database for the celebrity if you haven't already. I am not an authority on the facts, so I didn't bring up the name of the incident that I was thinking of, but since nobody else with all of the facts has, I will. Steve Whitman(sp?), namesake of the OSH airport, racer, and designer of the Tailwind (among others) was killed in such an unbonding incident. I don't recall the details, but I recall that he did something wrong, or against other's recommendations. That is my recollection as well. IIRC, he mixed and matched covering processes and product "A" didn't get a good bond to product "B". Eventually the bond failed, leading to flutter and a structural failure. The planes he designed were much higher performance crafts than what the OP was asking about. I'm sure he can google the details. -- Jim in NC KB |
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