BruceMe
Well Known Member
I purchased a damaged RV-6 project, the previous owner was getting on and losing his health to the point he was no longer able to safely pilot. He had likely repeatedly hard landed this aircraft and unfortunately the last landing was a flip-over.
Needless to say, there's a long list of repairs and I've been working on it for 6mo now. One thing I noticed early on in the pre-buy was that all the belly skin rivets where smoking. This isn't an accident issue, but a long-term ongoing maintenance and safety concern.
This is a link to my blog post on my thorough repair, it was extensive. If any of you are flying with belly sheet with even a few smoking or pulled-through rivets like this... please fix it. It's not oil and it's not "ok".
Before / after belly skin repair
-Bruce
Needless to say, there's a long list of repairs and I've been working on it for 6mo now. One thing I noticed early on in the pre-buy was that all the belly skin rivets where smoking. This isn't an accident issue, but a long-term ongoing maintenance and safety concern.
This is a link to my blog post on my thorough repair, it was extensive. If any of you are flying with belly sheet with even a few smoking or pulled-through rivets like this... please fix it. It's not oil and it's not "ok".
Before / after belly skin repair
-Bruce