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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:08 am    Post subject: Horizontal braces Reply with quote

I found bent vertical braces in the area in contact with the stub spar that goes through the fuselage on a Tiger with no other noted damage to anything.  I cannot imaging how that vertical brace can be bent unless the horizontal twisted so much that it deformed the vertical braces.  

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:53 am    Post subject: Horizontal braces Reply with quote

Could it be a "tail skid touch" landing that
forced the aft fuselage up a little, and the mass
of the horizontal resists it and causes the buckle in the vertical angles?

The damage to mine was similar to your
description - previous owner landings though...:^)

gil A

PS ..can we attach pictures now?
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I found bent vertical braces in the area in
contact with the stub spar that goes through the
fuselage on a Tiger with no other noted damage
to anything. Â I cannot imaging how that
vertical brace can be bent unless the horizontal
twisted so much that it deformed the vertical braces. Â

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Horizontal braces Reply with quote

Yes you can put pictures up on the Matronics Email Lists Forum Index -> TeamGrumman-List under the same topic name.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:33 pm    Post subject: Horizontal braces Reply with quote

Not the vertical but I saw the horizontal brace cracked.
A fellow Tiger owner on my field was pushing his Tiger into the T-hangar and struck the hangar with the elevator. He came and got me to see the damage. The right stabilizer was seperated from the fuselage about an inch leaving a gap at the leading edge root where the plastic root fillet usually is up against the fuselage. I held the right stabilizer at the tip and put a little forward pressure on it and heard a big pop. The gap was now gone. Further inspection by the A&P found the top lip of the spar cracked and that is where you could locate the popping sound...
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