Too bad! That would be one nice "mod"! I'm sure an STC is attainable somewhere in the country. If I were the poor owner of the Forney, I think I'd somehow "repaper" it as an Ercoupe. Al
OLDE OGRE wrote: > I KNOW someone will correct me if i'm wrong...I know the FAA would...I had a > forney come into the shop for an annuat...fine, however it had rag > wings.....forney didn't make rag wings...it had been annualled for the last 9x > with the rags...however, before I had a chance to even run it into the shop, the > FAA came out with thier "were here to help you, line checks" , saw the forney, > asked me about it, and I shut up, and told them there was the n-number, find out > yourself...they did, and grounded the coupe then and there, and took all the > A&P-IA's tickets the approved the airplane for annual....as far as I know, the > aircraft is STILL grounded...that was 8 years ago...sever years later, just for > kicks & giggles, I went to the FAA and asked for a stc for such a mod, and the > FAA politly told me not only NO, but HELL NO!...so who is right?....THIS should > cause some comment!...jolly in aurora, or. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ask yourself did god give birds aluminum feathers? > > NO. > > Yes you can put rag wings on an ALON A-2 it's a very easy bolt on STC'd fix > > and unfortunately the plane that did it also had an owner, a dear firiend try > > to do rolls in it. We (me and the FAA) looked at and drilled out nearly very > > every rivet in the wings, they were'nt at fault. One had a outer wing panel > > fail at an estimated perhaps 200+ mph and then entered an inverterted 80 > > degree down angle at perhaps 240+ mph. Although both wings were still > > bolted on and the controls basically functional nothing was really salvagable > > from them at those terminal speeds. > > > > My point is there was no reason to reconsider the approval for rag wings on > > the alon ariframe and the C-85 engine Joe had chosen to put on the Alon frame > > as well./tom
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