pontier09
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Tigoni, Kenya
I recently acquired a PA14 in Kenya:
http://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php?54000-New-to-me-PA14-in-Kenya
Upon getting set up with a local AMO - they have advised me the corrosion in certain areas of the plane is too extensive to pass the COA. The plane had been parked outside unsheltered for approximately 1 year before I purchased it.
While I knew the corrosion would need to be addressed when I purchased the plane, the engine has 270 more hours until rebuild time and I hoped I could rebuild, inspect frame/repair/repaint and refabric all at the same time once through those hours.
Now it seems I might have to go immediately to the refabric / inspection process.
Before I just go ahead with what the local mechanics are telling me, I wanted to ask for some advice on here if you can see from the pictures the extent of corrosion. My hope was I could address the accessible corrosion immediately, and clean up/monitor the fabric covered corrosion until the 270 hours finish and then strip fabric inspect all, and rebuild all.
Thanks for your advice,
Ben
http://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php?54000-New-to-me-PA14-in-Kenya
Upon getting set up with a local AMO - they have advised me the corrosion in certain areas of the plane is too extensive to pass the COA. The plane had been parked outside unsheltered for approximately 1 year before I purchased it.
While I knew the corrosion would need to be addressed when I purchased the plane, the engine has 270 more hours until rebuild time and I hoped I could rebuild, inspect frame/repair/repaint and refabric all at the same time once through those hours.
Now it seems I might have to go immediately to the refabric / inspection process.
Before I just go ahead with what the local mechanics are telling me, I wanted to ask for some advice on here if you can see from the pictures the extent of corrosion. My hope was I could address the accessible corrosion immediately, and clean up/monitor the fabric covered corrosion until the 270 hours finish and then strip fabric inspect all, and rebuild all.
Thanks for your advice,
Ben
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