You could use West Systems to repair the crack. I can guaranty that it won't fail at the repair if done right. Your only problem is to find out why it failed. It sounds like it was not built right in the first place or he put the holes to close to the edge or each other. Change it out and get rid of that retractable gear. I tried making that retractable gear work for a year. I Findlay changed it to a fixed gear and fared it in and the plane pick up about 10 to 12 mph. West Systems was designed for wood repair.
--- Donald Reid <donr...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > Speaking as a Professional Engineer, your only safe > course of action > is to replace the spar. I do not believe that you > could ever make a > satisfactory repair. When the bracket failed, all > of the load was > transferred to the remaining bolts which split the > wood. The bracket > failed because of inadequate design or faulty > construction. > > > > Don Reid - donreid "at" peoplepc.com > Bumpass, Va > > Visit my web sites at: > > AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer > Program: > http://aerofoilengineering.com > > KR2XL construction: > http://aerofoilengineering.com/KR/KR2XL.htm > EAA Chapter 231: http://eaa231.org > Ultralights: http://usua250.org > VA EAA Regional Fly-in: http://vaeaa.org > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ____________________________________________________________________________________ We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups (http://groups.yahoo.com)
