Blanik parts help

[JC]

We had a ground handling mishap and we will need to replace the final
section of the fuselage tail skin on our L-13. This is where the last
two bulkheads are and where the tail wheel assembly attaches. I´m
waiting for a reply from Blanik America but I have the impression that
this is a hard to find part. Any junked Blaniks out there getting
parted out?
Also, could someone with access to a parts catalog give me the part
number?
I imagine it must be fairly common for this area to get damaged as it
absorbs all the abuse from the tail skid/wheel. Ours already had a
small crack that had been patched.

Thanks,

Juan Carlos

[Frank Whiteley]

On Aug 10, 5:54*am, JC > wrote:
> We had a ground handling mishap and we will need to replace the final
> section of the fuselage tail skin on our L-13. This is where the last
> two bulkheads are and where the tail wheel assembly attaches. I´m
> waiting for a reply from Blanik America but I have the impression that
> this is a hard to find part. Any junked Blaniks out there getting
> parted out?
> Also, could someone with access to a parts catalog give me the part
> number?
> I imagine it must be fairly common for this area to get damaged as it
> absorbs all the abuse from the tail skid/wheel. Ours already had a
> small crack that had been patched.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Juan Carlos

Call Tampa Bay Soaring Society, they may be the closest. They have a
number of Blanik hulks and may have what you need.

They have an interesting approach. I've been told their entire fleet
consists of rebuilt insurance salvage and includes 3 L-13's. They
have a workshop and were refinishing their G-103 when I last visited.

Frank Whiteley

[jimboffin]

On 10 Aug, 12:54, JC > wrote:
> We had a ground handling mishap and we will need to replace the final
> section of the fuselage tail skin on our L-13. This is where the last
> two bulkheads are and where the tail wheel assembly attaches. I´m
> waiting for a reply from Blanik America but I have the impression that
> this is a hard to find part. Any junked Blaniks out there getting
> parted out?
> Also, could someone with access to a parts catalog give me the part
> number?
> I imagine it must be fairly common for this area to get damaged as it
> absorbs all the abuse from the tail skid/wheel. Ours already had a
> small crack that had been patched.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Juan Carlos

As pretty much all Blanik L13s have been grounded in Europe you might
find a plentiful supply of spares there. See
http://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/easa_ad_2010_0160_E.pdf
Jim

[Ralph Jones[_3_]]

On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:17:12 -0700 (PDT), jimboffin
> wrote:

>On 10 Aug, 12:54, JC > wrote:
>> We had a ground handling mishap and we will need to replace the final
>> section of the fuselage tail skin on our L-13. This is where the last
>> two bulkheads are and where the tail wheel assembly attaches. I´m
>> waiting for a reply from Blanik America but I have the impression that
>> this is a hard to find part. Any junked Blaniks out there getting
>> parted out?
>> Also, could someone with access to a parts catalog give me the part
>> number?
>> I imagine it must be fairly common for this area to get damaged as it
>> absorbs all the abuse from the tail skid/wheel. Ours already had a
>> small crack that had been patched.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Juan Carlos
>
>As pretty much all Blanik L13s have been grounded in Europe you might
>find a plentiful supply of spares there. See
>http://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/easa_ad_2010_0160_E.pdf
>Jim

Hmmm, let's see:

"Ratio between Aerobatics Flight Hours (FH) and total accumulated
FH since new"

"If the sailplane records are missing or incomplete, no further
flights are permitted"

So, do Blanik logbooks have a column for akro time? If not, yep, that
grounds 'em all...

rj

[JC]

On Aug 10, 2:20*pm, Ralph Jones > wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:17:12 -0700 (PDT), jimboffin
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >On 10 Aug, 12:54, JC > wrote:
> >> We had a ground handling mishap and we will need to replace the final
> >> section of the fuselage tail skin on our L-13. This is where the last
> >> two bulkheads are and where the tail wheel assembly attaches. I´m
> >> waiting for a reply from Blanik America but I have the impression that
> >> this is a hard to find part. Any junked Blaniks out there getting
> >> parted out?
> >> Also, could someone with access to a parts catalog give me the part
> >> number?
> >> I imagine it must be fairly common for this area to get damaged as it
> >> absorbs all the abuse from the tail skid/wheel. Ours already had a
> >> small crack that had been patched.
>
> >> Thanks,
>
> >> Juan Carlos
>
> >As pretty much all Blanik L13s have been grounded in Europe you might
> >find a plentiful supply of spares there. See
> >http://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/easa_ad_2010_0160_E.pdf
> >Jim
>
> Hmmm, let's see:
>
> "Ratio between Aerobatics Flight Hours (FH) and total accumulated
> FH since new"
>
> "If the sailplane records are missing or incomplete, no further
> flights are permitted"
>
> So, do Blanik logbooks have a column for akro time? If not, yep, that
> grounds 'em all...
>



Things look pretty bad for Blaniks... Probably not that many have
serious acro time but the no more than 50% ratio of dual to total
hours is a death sentence.
Is this the end? This really screws hundreds of clubs that operate
Blaniks.
Any idea if the factory is working on a real solution and not just log
book baloney?

Thanks to all that offered help with the parts. I hope it´s worth the
trouble to fix our Blanik..

Juan Carlos

[ray conlon]

On Aug 10, 7:54*am, JC > wrote:
> We had a ground handling mishap and we will need to replace the final
> section of the fuselage tail skin on our L-13. This is where the last
> two bulkheads are and where the tail wheel assembly attaches. I´m
> waiting for a reply from Blanik America but I have the impression that
> this is a hard to find part. Any junked Blaniks out there getting
> parted out?
> Also, could someone with access to a parts catalog give me the part
> number?
> I imagine it must be fairly common for this area to get damaged as it
> absorbs all the abuse from the tail skid/wheel. Ours already had a
> small crack that had been patched.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Juan Carlos

There are 2 "project" Blaniks listed on wingsandwheels.com