Andy
not sure if I have your address correct but this applies to our flap
brackets. I have done a bit of boring banging on about it , I know, BUT,
here it is again.
Graham
>A few years back I removed and replaced the elevator hinge brackets in
>my canard due to corrosion. The indication was a thin white line of
>corrosion at the junction of the bracket and the bottom surface of the
>canard. What I found when I removed the hinge bracket scared me.
>
>The part of the hinge which is imbedded in the canard had in excess of
>50% of the material corroded away. The part of the hinge outside of the
>canard looked fine except for the tiny amount of white powder. The
>problem is that over time micro-cracks form in the flox and this allows
>water to wick up into the flox and become trapped. AL 2024 loves to
>react with water to form corrosion. I reported this to Burt and he
>wrote it up in the CPs.
>
>
>If you find any corrosion on the VECS 3 hinge brackets, remove them by
>heating them up with a torch until the flox softens. Pull them out and
>replace them with new.
>
>Paul
>Long EZ 214LP
>
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