NavyS3BNFO
Well Known Member
While inspecting my main wing spars, I noticed this scratch on the right spar near the tip. It is about 8 inches long. The anodized coating is not scratched off or through so it was there prior to the spar being anodized.
Obviously concerned I emailed Vans with pictures. Here's the response I got:
"I would leave the longer scratch in the second photo alone. That appears to have been there before it was anodized, and does not look deep enough to be a concern. Some minor scratches like this are a little too deep to be removed by the sanding process on the web, but they?re not worth removing entirely."
The response was a little confusing to me. If it was too deep to polish out, why ship it? I'm surprised it passed inspection. Shouldn't it have been corrected prior to shipping?
So I'm a little worried about leaving the scratch due to the risk of future cracking. There are several other small scratches that aren't of a concern.
I wanted to get some other opinions. What would you do? Would you be comfortable leaving it as is as Vans suggests?
Obviously concerned I emailed Vans with pictures. Here's the response I got:
"I would leave the longer scratch in the second photo alone. That appears to have been there before it was anodized, and does not look deep enough to be a concern. Some minor scratches like this are a little too deep to be removed by the sanding process on the web, but they?re not worth removing entirely."
The response was a little confusing to me. If it was too deep to polish out, why ship it? I'm surprised it passed inspection. Shouldn't it have been corrected prior to shipping?
So I'm a little worried about leaving the scratch due to the risk of future cracking. There are several other small scratches that aren't of a concern.
I wanted to get some other opinions. What would you do? Would you be comfortable leaving it as is as Vans suggests?