April 22nd 07, 04:39 AM
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DG-300/303 owners...
Are all DG300 certified "experimental" (in the U.S.) ?
PeterK
"Ian" wrote in message
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On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:34:52 -0700, Marc Ramsey wrote:
You should take a look at this:
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/holm-dg300-e.html
Marc
Just finished reading this and the related thread. This is a nightmare for
the affected owners and many others in the industry!
However as a suggestion:
Would it be possible to determine if any one aircraft has the defect by
measuring wing deflection under a known load?
From my understanding of the defect, the misaligned fibres would not only
reduce the strength of the spar, but also it's stiffness. By measuring the
deflection of a sample of wings under load and then opening them up to
determine whether they have the defect or not, it might be possible to
draw up a non invasive procedure which can be used to determine if the
defect exists in a particular aircraft, and if it does, to what extent.
Anybody from DG reading this?
Ian
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