John
I think there is a bit of information lacking here.
If you fix the filler to the fuselage as per the book there is a chance that
the skin of the aircraft will distort over time (it has on G-IANI and
G-IRON). This is very slight but can be seen in a glancing light. . Andy
Draper's recommended solution is to put at least one layer of BID on the
inner skin to spread the attachment loads over a wider area. Then attach
the filler as per the manual.
I have not tried it yet but I will do this on the repairs now being done on
G-IRON. Unfortunately I will not be able to say if it works for a year or
two as it takes this long for the distortion to appear.
Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours
Europa Club Mods Specialist
e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com
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