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Matt Dralle
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:10 pm Post subject: Cracks Around Rudder Stiffeners...

After washing the 'ol RV-8 last night, I noticed that there is about a .5" crack in the .02" skin of the rudder in the *front* of two of the angle stiffeners (towards the leading edge of the rudder).  The skin is a little "bulgy" right there, and its possible that I gave that area a good push with my thumb at some point to see if I could get it to flatten out.



Obviously I need to keep an eye on this, but is it anything to worry about, really?  I'm just about ready to take the plane in for paint, so if I have to do something about it, I'd rather do it *before* the paint.



Thanks in advance for the feedback,



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