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Repairing a Beaver horizontal stabilizer, opening up a can o worms





Repairing a Beaver horizontal stabilizer, opening up a can o worms





When repairing a cowl I try to balance the repairs out and it is important to make the repairs look as if it is part of the original cowl or nice enough to make the cowl look better if not stronger and most important last. One thing is these cowl repairs are time consuming and…
Just spent a few days at Ryan Field by West Glacier, great place. Flew back to Kalispell and rented a car and drove the going to the sun road… Great trip and a big thanks to the RAF.
This is a 12000 hour Cessna 182, the cracks are found in the corner of the web, hard to see. Once the crack was found the aircraft was grounded, no ferry permit allowed. We spent three long days and travel to get the job done
There are always planes to fix and a common fix is the left wing tip, aileron and elevator. Bou once in a while you just got to fly.
This Cub was built by a friend of mine who has built at least 10 cubs, he is getting along in years and this will be his final build. I am in the process of doing the final inspection, tweaking this and that. I rebuilt the engine a few years ago, a C-85-F, we weighed…
We are getting closer to finishing out some big projects to make room but until then we got 10 pounds in a five pound bag