Repairing the damage from the slip off the forklift during our load testing went a lot quicker than we thought it would. It took less than a day to repair the rib damage to each of the damaged sections, and a concentrated day to re-do the X-bracing.
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| Damaged wing tip extension under repair |
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| Mid-repair of wingtip extension |
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| Damaged rib section |
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| Tools of the trade |
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| Gussets to repair break (adds very little weight) |
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| Rib cap repair |
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| Repairing rib caps |
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| Add caption |
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Removing old stretched X-bracing |
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| Repair to center support tube |
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| Repaired rib |
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| Spruce support |
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| Strengthening rib with spruce support |
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| Rib cap repair |
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| Repaired rib |
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| Repaired wingtip extension |
