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Hi All, My project 415-D (Built as 415-CD) had the rib corrosion as well as a corroded away area in the left side aft spar! The spar corrosion was just outboard the fuselage frame that is rivited to the spar. I did replace the spar. All the trailing edge ribs had corrosion to some extent. I had an extra center section and managed to salvage enough good ribs to repair both the left and right sides...right aft spar was OK. By the way, I was probably one of the first to bring the front spar (beam) cap corrosion to the attention of the Coupe comunity. I had to make a repair for a crack in the lower spar cap flange on the front spar...the 337 for that repair was published in "Coupe Capers" several years ago. By the way, I acquired the aircraft as damaged in a landing accident. The accident was minor with no injuries and probably was a good thing since the aircaraft was grounded as a result thereof and the corrosion was discovered while making repairs to the airframe. Be safe guys, John __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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