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William Dominguez
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 Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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My most expensive mistake so far. When I was drilling my elevator skin to the hinge, I didn't use a drill bit stopper so the bit scratched the front side of the skin below almost every hole.
What are my alternatives to replace the elevator skin without remaking all the other parts that are drilled to match the damaged skin?
So far my plan is to use a hole duplicator in every hole located near the edges where the duplicator could reach. Then only remake the parts where the duplicator cannot reach (2 internal ribs).
Is this an acceptable way to replace the skin?
William Dominguez
Zodiac 601XL Plans
Miami Florida
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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William,
Can you unfold or split the skin and use it as a template for the replacement skin? Doing that might be faster and more accurate.
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Tim Juhl
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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how bad are the scratches? Do you have a picture?
Tim
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William Dominguez
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:06 am Post subject: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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Unfortunately. I don't have pictures. I will take pictures when I open the elevator. For a while I entertained the idea of patching up the area as described in the FAA book "Aircraft Inspections, Repairs & Alterations..." But another member in this list had the same problem, he called Zenith and they recommended him to change the skin. The material for the new skin is coming in my next shipment.
William Dominguez
Zodiac 601XL Plans
Miami Florida
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Tim Juhl <juhl(at)avci.net> wrote:[quote] --> Zenith-List message posted by: "Tim Juhl"
how bad are the scratches? Do you have a picture?
Tim
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William Dominguez
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:21 am Post subject: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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William Dominguez
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:34 am Post subject: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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Yes, I can do that. I just have to ensure the bends will be in the exact same places as the old.
William Dominguez
Zodiac 601XL Plans
Miami Florida
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Ron Lendon <rlendon(at)comcast.net> wrote: --> Zenith-List message posted by: "Ron Lendon"
William,
Can you unfold or split the skin and use it as a template for the replacement skin? Doing that might be faster and more accurate.
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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Was your kit pre drilled from zenith?
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William Dominguez
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:38 am Post subject: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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No skin pre-drilling, I'm building from plans.
William Dominguez
Zodiac 601XL Plans
Miami Florida
http://www.geocities.com/bill_dom
Afterfxllc(at)aol.com wrote:[quote] Was your kit pre drilled from zenith?
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:48 am Post subject: I need to replace my elevator skin. |
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William - This method of using the old skin for a
template would work great for the stab skin but I
could see you having trouble locating the bends in
exact enough locations to make this work for the
elevator. I would probably try holding the skin open
and back drilling from the inside for the ribs and
using the hole duplicator for the other holes.
Well truthfully I would simply make more ribs and
start from scratch. These are the easiest ribs to make
in the whole plane. Barring that - backdrilling.
Just my 2 cents.
David
--- William Dominguez <bill_dom(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Yes, I can do that. I just have to ensure the bends
will be in the exact same places as the old.
William Dominguez
Zodiac 601XL Plans
Miami Florida
http://www.geocities.com/bill_dom
Ron Lendon <rlendon(at)comcast.net> wrote: -->
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William,
Can you unfold or split the skin and use it as a
template for the replacement skin? Doing that might
be faster and more accurate.
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Ron Lendon, Clinton Township, MI
Corvair Zodiac XL, ScrapBuilder
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