Hi Peter !
There should be no debate - DO NOT <EVER> CUT THE STRINGERS !!
Mr. Murphy has been emphatic on several occasions about there being
no acceptable replacement method for eliminating the stringers in
the Rebel wing.
They act as small wing spars, and you weaken the wing with
even a nick in a stringer. (There are acceptable methods
to splice them, if necessary, but even that would make me nervous !)
There was even a bulletin from the factory about NOT using
separate aluminum tanks (particularly from one outfit in BC !) -
I think it's still on their web site.
If that's the Rebel I'm thinking of, I'd be afraid to stand
under the wings, never mind fly it !! ;-)
(There's a reason it hasn't flown for a while !)
.....bobp
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At 12:02 PM 1/8/02 -0500, you wrote:
A Rebel near me (that may have been built in BC) has separate tanks, two
per wing panel that mount from the bottom. One is outboard of the strut.
The two stringers are cut out and the tank is held in with an 032 panel that
is machine screwed to nut plates.
Does anyone know for sure if cutting the stringers and adding the heavier
skin with bolts is structurally sound and roughly equivalent to the
original? There is some debate on this here.
Peter.
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>A Rebel near me (that
may have been built in BC) has separate tanks, two per wing panel that mount
from the bottom. One is outboard of the strut. The two stringers are cut
out and the tank is held in with an 032 panel that is machine screwed to nut
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sure if cutting the stringers and adding the heavier skin with bolts is
structurally sound and roughly equivalent to the original? There is some
debate
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