Short of testing has anyone been able to do a sufficient analysis of bearing stress in aluminum honeycomb panels?
I know I need to install a bushing to protect the honeycomb, but how do I show the load that bushing and panel can take is adequate?
I have an 0.25" edge crack with it's root at the 1/8" rivet in a hat section longeron. The longeron is in the tail boom of a Bell 212. I have convinced myself that a doubler with a single row of rivets down the length of the flange is adequate because the load is distributed only along the...
Hello all,
I have an a/c inspector asking me to include the weight of the wiring for a new system installation. Is this a practice that has ever been followed before? If so where do you chose the moment arm? The center of the wiring run? To me you would just re-weigh the a/c.
Thoughts?
Afternoon,
I am installing a TCAS antenna in the forward cowl of a Bell 206B. The cowl is fibreglass and I am curious to know the standard practice for such an installation. Is an aluminum doubler riveted to the fibreglass sufficient or correct? I have already delt with the ground plane...
