NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

[Relentless]

News update about status on SLO Air Site: SLO Site News

[MikeS]

Re: NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

Great news! Thanks for the update! I have to admit - your plane is one of my favorite Sports Class racers.

[Tin Man]

Re: NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

Gotta love Team Relentless info. No BS, no excuses, no false promises, just the facts. Way to go.
Tom

[SCEPTER]

Re: NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

WOW...looks like a lot of work to go.thanks for the update

[Sky Critter]

Re: NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

Great news!

Thanks again for keeping us "arm chair" racers updated.

Those shots of the plane on end just don't look right....

[Relentless]

Re: NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

Those shots of the plane on end just don't look right....[/QUOTE]


New definition of going vertical!!!!

[SpinB]

Re: NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

Smooth as an Old Man's A$$.....(baby's butt is just around the corner!!)
Can't WAIT........

[Peashooter]

Re: NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

Kevin: I think I recall you saying that there was spar damage in the forced landing. Did you have to replace the entire bottom skin and main spar? I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to remove the lower skin and main spar -- Having built a Glasair III wing, I can imagine that the removal process would be tough, messy, brutal or via some hi-tech milling machine. Please tell me it wasn't done with a Dremel Moto Tool!!!!

Or was there only localized damage? Peas

[Relentless]

Re: NXT Relentless Repair Milestone!!!!

Kevin: I think I recall you saying that there was spar damage in the forced landing.

Or was there only localized damage? Peas

We made an exhaustive inspection of the spar once the forward lower skin was removed and found nothing even remotely damaged. We made a new lower skin peice and layered it back in from the spar to the leading edge. The repair is very nice and with the many added "improvements" I believe it is stronger than before. Jon likes more is best and I think in this case he is right.