This may be completely "off the wall" but I wonder if it would be
reasonable to suggest that load testing be done to investigate the effect of
these
holes to confirm Fred Weick's opinion and possibly show that the failure
forces were way beyond any normal conditions. I believe Marv Dunlap did
some failure analysis on his four passenger project. Perhaps he has some
relevant info. If such a test could be done at a reasonable cost perhaps
Univair would be willing to do it or maybe the EOC could raise the money or
some
combination of resources might accomplish it. I can see that it would
require some fairly expensive parts that might be sacrificed and a competent
person to design , execute and document the test but I expect the test itself
might be fairly simple. I imagine there are others on the forum who would
be qualified to comment on this layperson's suggestion.
Jim Graham
N2418H
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