flap track replacement
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bnt83
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Skylane81E
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More details please.
denverpilot
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Tracks to hold mudflaps on pickup trucks are pretty cheap. I'm going to say about $30 a side.
Oh, you were talking about an airplane?
Oh, you were talking about an airplane?
flyingmoose
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What did they quote you?
Skylane81E
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Pain in the butt as getting to the flap tracks is a bit of a job. I haven't done it recently enough to give a good idea how much to expect however.
Don't know where you are, but if close enough for shipping not to be murder it is hard to beat Airframe Components by Williams for reskining control surfaces (not that a Cessna flap is murder to do however)
Don't know where you are, but if close enough for shipping not to be murder it is hard to beat Airframe Components by Williams for reskining control surfaces (not that a Cessna flap is murder to do however)
denverpilot
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1/4th of the airframe's total value for a flap track repair. Wheeee! That's ugly, just thinking of it in those terms.
Maybe 1/5th?
(Note I said airframe, not aircraft.)
Maybe 1/5th?
(Note I said airframe, not aircraft.)
bnt83
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I have a hunch you could do much better by ferrying the airplane to a specialty shop and hitching a ride home. Keep shopping.
Or buy a servicable wing & flap
Or buy a servicable wing & flap
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And that wing and flap will need work shortly, too, probably. Airplanes that get parted out are often in poor shape.
Cessna issued an SB way back in the '90s regarding those flaps. The rollers have sharp edges that can cut into the flap support arms, and if the cut gets deep enough a dime-sized piece punches out and jams the flap, wrecking both it and the flap tracks. McFarlane Aviation has had special STC'd parts to prevent this for 15 years, at least, but most owners either don't know about it or prefer to defer it until it gets really expensive. That's economy, see?
Dan
Just got quote $7657.23 Has to reskin rh flap. Replace rt and left flap tracks and bushings. and Repair rh wing flap well area.
Check Williams Airmotive in Indiana. They may already have wings and flaps in stock for your plane. If not, they can repair yours.
Skylane81E
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I'm sure they have them, just can they beat that price?
R&R the wing, shipping, painting, rigging plus the cost of the wing...