Some Rusty strut pictures

[Guest]

Robert I have 3 more but need 400 KB limit to load them.

I don't have answers about these and don't feel responsible to provide them.

Here are some rustly strut pictures from airplanes for you to look at.

That's all I can say, or care to.

These are compliments of the FAA. Notice N number on papers.

[VictorBravo]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

Dave, were those taken off a flying airplane or were they junkyard dogs?

Despite the amount of rust and ugly debris, what was the wall thickness and how much strength was left in them?

[Guest]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

Dave, were those taken off a flying airplane or were they junkyard dogs?

Despite the amount of rust and ugly debris, what was the wall thickness and how much strength was left in them?

They are compliments of the FAA. Notice N number on paper

[cpirrmann]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

[QUOTE=VictorBravo;32555]Dave, were those taken off a flying airplane or were they junkyard dogs?

QUOTE]

Still not answered whether they were off a flying plane or replaced previously. N70K is a valid Tcraft registration. I would like to know if that hole was there or as a result of testing. In other words, was it rusted through and that's what was caught at inspection or did that collapse when they checked it.

[Guest]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

[QUOTE=cpirrmann;32559]

Dave, were those taken off a flying airplane or were they junkyard dogs?

QUOTE]

Still not answered whether they were off a flying plane or replaced previously. N70K is a valid Tcraft registration. I would like to know if that hole was there or as a result of testing. In other words, was it rusted through and that's what was caught at inspection or did that collapse when they checked it.

I don't have those answers and don't feel responsible to provide them.

Here are some rustly strut pictures from airplanes.

That's all I can say, or care to.

No insult intended.

Dave

[VictorBravo]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

That's all I can say, or care to.

No insult intended.

Dave

None taken, but... whazzupwitdat?

[Guest]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

Couple posts up my name was referenced in terms of still not answered and I didn't want folks to be waiting for me to answer it in case that was the expectation, that's all.

All I can offer is pictures that are worth twice what you paid me for them!

Will post remaining 3 when Rob lets me exceed 250 MB as they are just short of 400 MB.

[Guest]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

Hey Bill,

I think I never answered your question, sorry.

Seems like emotions are running high now. Someone mentioned in another thread that it appears on this forum there to be a tendency for one-ups-manship and who knows the most.

Email is a difficult communication medium for us because in a face to face scenerio you can say things that come out ok because body language does a lot for communication but in an emal the same words can sound like an insult.

So I am trying to avoid that problem.

[Larry Lyons]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

I have to weigh in here. Yes, what we say in an email that we think is a reasoned response can come on like a flame thrower to another. I, for one, thank God we have all the expertise on this forum that we do have. My experience on some other chat groups has not been as rewarding as this one has been so far. It pleases me to see people take a stand, be forced to defend that stand and yet, except for a rare few instances, remain on point and not just degrade to rabble rousing. I am even going to make a comment at the FAA site on the AD even though I am a very new novice. I have learned a great amount here in the last few months and hope to learn more. If you read and remember what you read you will notice that we have on this forum representation from, FAA, EAA, Lawyers, Doctors, Engineers, even the factory. I will accept that as good, sift the response's through that knowledge and be better off for it. Just my humble opinion, let us keep this going. Larry

[VictorBravo]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

. Someone mentioned in another thread that it appears on this forum there to be a tendency for one-ups-manship and who knows the most.

If any of that was aimed or applies to me, because I like to write a lot here, I offer a sincere apology to anyone who feels that way. Writing is therapeutic for me If I'm taking center stage too much for anyone's taste I'll be glad to take my foot off the gas.

My emotions are as high as everyone else here regarding the AD and the tomfoolery by the factory. Four of us are getting X-rayed tomorrow...

[N96337]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

Thanks for posting those, Dave. If that's what was presented to the FAA in justification of the AD, it makes much more sense now. Pretty ugly, but I'd lay my money on the idea that they weren't on an airplane that was flying.... but who knows... I've seen some pretty nasty stuff pass through some IA's that are either too lazy or don't know enough to look for it. It would be very interesting to hear from the owner of the airplane they came off of!
JH

[Robert Lees]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

Dave, can you re-size? Anything more than 72dpi is a waste of screen resolution. Just resize them to say 1000 pixels wide, at 72 dpi, and they should load.

If you want specific areas of detail showing, crop to that area and do them at higher resolution.

Anything greater than 72 dpi will not show better on the screen, but might show up better upon printing.

email me if this doesn't resolve the issue.

Rob

[Guest]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

Dave, can you re-size? Anything more than 72dpi is a waste of screen resolution. Just resize them to say 1000 pixels wide, at 72 dpi, and they should load.

If you want specific areas of detail showing, crop to that area and do them at higher resolution.

Anything greater than 72 dpi will not show better on the screen, but might show up better upon printing.

email me if this doesn't resolve the issue.

Rob

That worked! thanks! and thanks Dan Brown for the offer to help!

[VictorBravo]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

Am I missing something, or does the photo of the "sealed" strut show noticeable corrosion just like all the others?

What are we talkin' about here....

[flyguy]

Re: Some Rusty strut pictures

That sure looks like more corrosion than I would think likely from entrapped air and moisture. Sealed is not always really sealed?

At least one of the struts looks, as pictured, like it still has pretty substantial metal left.
DC