Hrm... so again I guess the answer is, "it depends."

Frank Stutzman wrote:
: wrote:
: Depends what the manufacturer has to say in the Service Manual or
: Structural Repair manual. Cessna publishes repair procedures for their
: light airplanes, including control surfaces, in the Structural Repair
: chapter of their manuals.
: A repair is one thing. Upsetting the mass balance of a control
: surface with a repair is a serious offence, and one needs to be careful
: about keeping things right.

: Perfectly correct.

: In counterpoint to Dan's example, Beech does not allow *ANY* repairs on the magnesium
: ruddervators on a early Bonanza. After seeing how tight the balance is on those things I
: wholeheartedly agree. I would be very leary of an early Bonanza that even had bad paint on its
: ruddervators.

: --
: Frank Stutzman
: Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
: Hood River, OR


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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
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