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Guy Buchanan
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Location: Ramona, CA
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 Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: My Kitfox hit my car. What to look for damage wise? |
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At 02:46 PM 12/7/2008, you wrote:
| Quote: | Ya know, if it wern't for bad luck I, I would have no luck at all.
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Andrew! What the hell's goin' on!? At least you've got your
priorities straight; not a word about your wife's car.  Seriously
though, it sounds like you've proved the robustness of the Kitfox
once again. In general steel frames are very resilient, in that they
tend to bend, more than break. Therefore, if you can't see any
damage, then I doubt that any exists. One thing you didn't mention
was overall alignment- is the empennage straight? Are the stabs
parallel the wings? Is the rudder vertical? I not, you may have
twisted the entire fuselage, possibly bending one of the internal
diagonals. (Which you could see looking back from the baggage
compartment.) If not I'd say you got off easy. Good luck!
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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815TL
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 62
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: My Kitfox hit my car. What to look for damage wise? |
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| Guy Buchanan wrote: | At 02:46 PM 12/7/2008, you wrote:
| Quote: | Ya know, if it wern't for bad luck I, I would have no luck at all.
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Andrew! What the hell's goin' on!? At least you've got your
priorities straight; not a word about your wife's car. Seriously
though, it sounds like you've proved the robustness of the Kitfox
once again. In general steel frames are very resilient, in that they
tend to bend, more than break. Therefore, if you can't see any
damage, then I doubt that any exists. One thing you didn't mention
was overall alignment- is the empennage straight? Are the stabs
parallel the wings? Is the rudder vertical? I not, you may have
twisted the entire fuselage, possibly bending one of the internal
diagonals. (Which you could see looking back from the baggage
compartment.) If not I'd say you got off easy. Good luck!
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar. |
You got me Guy. I have always had bad luck with things. About the only good luck I have had in the past few years is 2 healthy children, and they found natural gas under my property (a few bucks extra a month). Everything else I tocuh seems to go bad. 
I did not get to pull the tarp off and put the wings out it last night, as the winds were still quite high. I am going to tonight and take a better look at it. I don't think the fuse is twisted, it looks OK from what I could see. I could not tell if the tail and everthing was straight, but I should be able to tonight. What had me worried the most was the horiz. stab. buing pushed up on the one side. But like I said, there was no bent tubeing, or wrinkles that I could see.
The wives van did not fair too bad. A couple of scuffs on the hood, and a little red paint from the plane. She was not too happy, but understanding.
I will let you all know what it looks like tonight when I get the wings out.
Andrew
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815TL
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:50 am Post subject: Re: My Kitfox hit my car. What to look for damage wise? |
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So I pulled the tarp off it last night and unfolded the wings. Everything looks good, it does not look twisted or anything. The horiz. stab. looks level with the wing, sna the vertical looks good. So other than the small hole I need to patch and a couple of scuff marks to repaint, I guess everything is OK.
I got lucky. 
Andrew
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