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Cracked tailwheel bracket

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Oct 21, 2023 6:57 pm

We were flying patterns today and started getting a noise from the tailwheel. Knocked it off and discovered this crack. The tailwheel bracket was noticably bent.
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Powdercoat stripped off:
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I welded it back up, and welded on some doublers as well.
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Edit: the smaller cracks were hidden by the powdercoat. The noise was the pivot bolt head dragging on the ground. The noise started off just when we hit a bump, then got more steady.
Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
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Re: Cracked tailwheel bracket

Postby tps8903 » Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:00 pm

Good catch!
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Re: Cracked tailwheel bracket

Postby Tony4aro » Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:16 am

Glad you found it before it broke away completely.
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