7DC-158

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Responding an advertisement in Barnstormers, I drove 991 miles to retrieve the wings and fuselage from what used the be CF-IRR, a 7DC number 158. All that glitters in not gold and while not perfect, the parts are in considerably better shape than a set of wings I looked at two weeks previous.

The rear spar attach fitting on the right wing has what appears to be a washer welded to it, which I presume was to address an elongated hole in the fitting. I know there is a service letter authorizing this repair to the strut attach fittings on the fuselage, but is it an acceptable repair on the spar attach fitting?
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I don't think there is any Aeronca repairs for that, but I believe AC 43-13 gives repairs such as that for the repair of elongated holes. Those fittings are so cheap why not just replace it? I have seen them fleabay recently. You sound about as bad as me, I think I did about the same miles to pick up my Champ.
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Richard Murray wrote: Fri May 08, 2015 12:36 Responding an advertisement in Barnstormers, I drove 991 miles to retrieve the wings and fuselage from what used the be CF-IRR, a 7DC number 158. All that glitters in not gold and while not perfect, the parts are in considerably better shape than a set of wings I looked at two weeks previous.

The rear spar attach fitting on the right wing has what appears to be a washer welded to it, which I presume was to address an elongated hole in the fitting. I know there is a service letter authorizing this repair to the strut attach fittings on the fuselage, but is it an acceptable repair on the spar attach fitting?
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Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, and I don't 'do' Facebook (yet) to post there, but does anyone have any details for (or links to?) the service letter referred to in Richard's post? Asking for a UK Champ owner (not me, thankfully) who has discovered an elongated hole in the strut fitting on the fuselage. We have both been trying to track down the SL, without success (got nowhere with AC 43-13).

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I believe the S/L is in reference to the gear attach fittings. The Service Letter is #6.

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Hello Paul
Thank you for your reply, I shall pass it on
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Rich

Here is a link to the Service Letters we have on file

http://aeronca.celinaux.com/pages/SL.index.html

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Hello Richard
That link is much appreciated, thank you
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