As mentioned in the last post, the bottom stringer incurred some damage when we transported it back to the house. Here's an image that shows the bend in the aluminum tubing. Two small aluminum support tubes for the stringer were also bent as a result of the incident.
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| Unnatural bend in stringer. That's not supposed to be there! |
We considered replacing the entire stringer, but then figured it would be simpler to just cut off the rear section that was damaged and splice in a good piece. The stringer is epoxied to small vertical support tubes, which are riveted to the fuselage. We cut the back end of the stringer with a pipe-cutter, and then drilled out the rivets on the support tubes. This allowed us to remove the damaged section of stringer as well as the damaged support tubes. Hours: 1.5
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| Damaged section of stringer removed |
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