(Craig) wrote:

(Michael Horowitz) wrote in message . com...


BTW, what are you working on?

Craig C.



I had an incident with the Tcraft and wiped out the undercarriage; in
the process took out a fore strut. Located an acceptable landing gear
and my A&P is going to sand-blast it so he can examine it more
carefully. I picked up a fore strut in the same buy with the
understanding that if the A&P put thumbs down on it, I could return
it.

A&P pointed out that based on the formation of the affected area, it
appears the strut bent, then someone attempted (without the benefit of
heat) to bend it back. Based on his comment, it became a source of
spare parts while I went looking for another strut; as part of this
exercise I went to "Best Practices" to read up on welding, hence my
question. - Mike