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From: "Kurt O. Haukohl" <TwoWing6 at ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 12:10:23 UTC
Kevin RE: BAD Coverjobs - One layer on the Leading Edge is BAD When you buy your Pitts upgrade, check for two layers of anything on the leading edge. Tape, overlap of fabric, and maybe even three layers, like mine. Your right, one small hole from a rock or anything will open the wing up on those metal leading edges fast. The one we saw could not hold the rib stitches either, and stripped itself all the way back to cover an aileron! The owner was over a runway practicing at the time, and had his hand on the new plane switch!!! The event is described as an explosion. Rarely, when you uncover a metal leading edge plane, is the fabric still sticking to the metal; in fact it just falls off. Aluminum contracts and expands, and everything you paint with dissolves the glue or whatever chemical holds it on. If you see one of these planes flying around, give the owner some leading edge tape as an emergency fix. Then get him the uncle Ray Stits book or an FAA manual. This is a dangerous situation not recommended by anyone. Nice flying... maybe next time. Kurt At 12:09 PM 5/5/97 -0400, you wrote: >What the heck is goin on at the Pitts place? > >I want to dump my C model after watching this Stinker >thing fly but there is nothing out there! Sounds like the >fabric and paint is flying off everything they ever made too. > >So guess I gotta build one for myself. Are there any parts >venders out there besides aviat who could help me get >started? I cant weld worth a darn. Who has wing kits? > >The Green Machine >Kevin Bradley >Gulfport, MS > > > | O O |Kurt O. Haukohl |Tel # 214-954-1289 | | \_|_/ |Erlinda Ibe Haukohl |Mob # 214-801-7416 | | =====(_o_)===== |BlackEagle 540 |FAX # 214-954-1287 | | / X v X \ |Aero Country (Tx05) | | ================= |McKinney, Texas |