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stop-drilling on ejector shrouds
Wil, shroud is thin skinned 0.021" and is surrounded by firewalls attached to the airframe. Going by 3x thickness rule of thumb, stop-drill size is relatively small, but I cannot quantify gas leakage. Shroud encloses the passage for hot exhaust gas ejected from aircraft rear. My personal...- packard
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- Forum: Aircraft engineering
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stop-drilling on ejector shrouds
Wil, shroud is thin skinned 0.021" and is surrounded by firewalls attached to the airframe. Going by 3x thickness rule of thumb, stop-drill size is relatively small, but I cannot quantify gas leakage. Shroud encloses the passage for hot exhaust gas ejected from aircraft rear. My personal...- packard
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- Forum: Aircraft engineering
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stop-drilling on ejector shrouds
If there were a crack on an ejector shroud but repair facilities are not available, would it be more advisable to (1) stop drill the crack extremities or (2) leave the crack as it is and fly? For 1), while we can be quite sure the cracks will not propagate, is there any danger of having hot...- packard
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