Fear not Jonathan,
Unless you had a serious ground loop, or off landing surface excursion wher
e there was more than a bent ego and no damage, it is unlikely a low hour E
uropa Mono will have a crack.
I think the higher hour aircraft (500+), those who operate off of very roug
h fields, or perhaps those who cover every square inch of the runway latera
lly in normal ops zig zagging every flight, need to be concerned. It is no
t difficult to do a lower end Mod 72 for insurance on a 5 year hose change
annual. It=92s like the fuel tank issue. Support the tank properly and th
e risk of tank failure decreases dramatically.
Right now every mono owner needs to do an annual check carefully in this ar
ea of the frame. More importantly, any welded mount such as the motor supp
ort frame, landing gear, control pedals, and flight control mechanism must
be checked for cracks in the welds. No weld is completely immune from the
potential of cracking. It happens even to the best of welds.
Best Regards,
Bud Yerly
Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Window
s 10
________________________________
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com <owner-europa-list-server@matr
onics.com> on behalf of JonathanMilbank <jdmilbank@yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2019 9:26:55 AM
Subject: Europa-List: Re: Cracked Frames
>
Good afternoon All,
I'm probably one of a group who are waiting to check our undercarriage fram
es at annual permit renewal inspection time, which tends to be in the winte
r or early spring for obvious reasons. So my aircraft will be presented to
my inspector for assessment some time in February, following a 50 hour serv
ice, u/c frame inspection and dismantlement for the annual.
It's "brass monkey's" in our hangar, so I'm not relishing the process!
ATB. Jonathan
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=487126#487126
|