ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Today at work I got to help remove a wing from a 207. It was pretty cool to see a plane completely stripped down, and have a lot of parts removed.:rawk:
Well that was different
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Firebird2XC
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Cool that you got to see that. Doing maintenance work changed how I look at aircraft. Any chance to see the innards of an airplane I fly is a thing I make use of. Good on you.
Your mechanics probably like you a lot more, too.
The Gardener
Terrafirma Phobic
Amazing how light they are and gives you a whole new respect for Va huh?
I don't know what that means but I wasany pilot who hasn't participated in maintenance of their aircraft....
when I helped our mx change a main tire a few weeks ago.The person that invented that procedure is absolutely insane.
-mini
R
Roger, Roger
Guest
Just wait till it goes back on and you have to help adjust the goofy-ass bushing in the rear spar attach point that controls whether or not the plane flies straight... Ask me how I know about that one...
The Gardener
Terrafirma Phobic
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
For sure. It is almost scary how few bolts holds it all together.
It is nice being on good terms with the people who use our hangar. I am just a line guy who happened to be in the right place at the right time.Cool that you got to see that. Doing maintenance work changed how I look at aircraft. Any chance to see the innards of an airplane I fly is a thing I make use of. Good on you.
Your mechanics probably like you a lot more, too.
Hahaha. Hopefully I will be around when it goes back on.
inigo88
Composite-lover
Five years ago I was a 17 year old apprentice mechanic, and a guy we knew took off in his Taylorcraft with two dead cylinders and had to put down in a field next to a local state college a couple miles away. Our boss happened to have a flat bed trailer, so we towed it up there and waited around for the NTSB guy to take a look at the airplane.
When we got the okay it was just a matter of opening up the wing roots and some inspection panels, disconnecting the aileron cables, wiring, and fuel lines, and the struts and strut bolts. Then two bolts per wing were all that held those extremely light wings to the aircraft, one on the front spar and one on the rear spar.
We wheeled the airplane onto the trailer, secured the fuselage and the wings with straps and away we went.
After getting over the initial disbelief, it was incredibly impressive to realize those bolts were strong enough to keep the spars connected throughout the whole loading envelope of the wing. A couple of years of college later, and I am still impressed:
Shear Stress = Applied Force / Cross-sectional area. :beer:
When we got the okay it was just a matter of opening up the wing roots and some inspection panels, disconnecting the aileron cables, wiring, and fuel lines, and the struts and strut bolts. Then two bolts per wing were all that held those extremely light wings to the aircraft, one on the front spar and one on the rear spar.
We wheeled the airplane onto the trailer, secured the fuselage and the wings with straps and away we went.
After getting over the initial disbelief, it was incredibly impressive to realize those bolts were strong enough to keep the spars connected throughout the whole loading envelope of the wing. A couple of years of college later, and I am still impressed:
Shear Stress = Applied Force / Cross-sectional area. :beer:
inigo88
Composite-lover
I didn't get a chance to help them re-install the wings in my previous story. What did you use to measure whether or not they were straight?
I just found "Eccentric Bushings" on the rear spar to adjust angle of incidence in my old Dale Crane Airframe book. Sounds like a blast!
Baronpilot244
Killick Stoker
I don't know what that means but I was
The person that invented that procedure is absolutely insane.
-mini
Please elaborate!
Bp244
AngelFuree
Well-Known Member
You mean the one to adjust the angle of incidence? I had to help out w/ that before. It was annoying work.
ppragman
No pasa nada.
Was it Rediske's or Illiamna Air Taxi's? I think they both do stuff out of that building.
R
Roger, Roger
Guest
We didn't... we just knew that it rolled left, and the right wing was already as far down (low AOI) as it would go, so we dialed the left one as far up as it would go. Shockingly enough, it worked.
Yeah, you can't reach the darn things at all. There were like 3 of us on it-one on the front side of the bushing, one on the rear side (to top it all, the bushing is actually 2 pieces, and you have to rotate them in synch or things get all goofy inside the bushing) and one holding the control cables out of the way. Plus to turn the things they had to rig up some contraptions with extensions, u-joints, and sockets to reach the darn thing.
inigo88
Composite-lover
:clap::clap::beer:
TXaviator
Well-Known Member
were you guys still trying to get 875 to fly straight instead of snap-rolling on takeoff?
pretty sure a plane that has been destroyed in a tornado is NEVER going to fly straight again!! :rotfl:
inigo88
Composite-lover
:rotfl:
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
It was Illiamna. They are getting a new engine and wing for it I think.
Oh, and Rediskes is awesome. They just come and go all day, and we have no idea when they are coming.
AngelFuree
Well-Known Member
Hahaha yes. That's exactly it.
lol yeah the closest it got was one degree difference between the AOI in both wings which is a significant difference, nonetheless. That plane is a piece.