* AIRPLANE CORROSION OF THE WEEK *
Well, Well, Well! This Corrosion is a whopper... Important to find, not so exciting to have to pay for. This piece demonstrates the advanced stage of corrosion in the lower main door frame of an Aft Baggage Pit Door...
- It is decayed beyond repair... Requires full replacement of the 10 Ft. piece... The Price Tag?... A little over $10,000 CDN. - just for the part -
Holy shit is right.
This specific case was probably due to water, dirt, slime etc. that has been sitting atop the aluminum since this particular aircraft was built in the early 1970's. The elements and time certainly will take its toll... Hence there was the invention of the Aging Aircraft Corrosion Prevention and Control Program, which makes up a huge part of our inspections.
This photo shows Kirk, my favorite Metrosexual, as well as just where this corrosion occurred and just how large the scale of this overhaul actually is.... Early estimates are at least 100 hours of hard sweaty labour. Lovely!
*THE GREAT CANADIAN CORROSION EXPERIMENT UPDATE!* - Week 1 -
- So far it's too early to see any real obvious changes, but I have noticed a bit of discoloration on the scratched off clad pieces... Particularity in the urine soaked piece...........
stay tuned for further updates!!!
posted by Connie @ 11:42 AM
14 Comments:
How did they let it get so bad? I take it this is not a part that could cause the plane to 'fail'?
It is between the skin and the door structure and is difficult to detect until it gives a tell tale sign such as bulging or powdery deposits.....
So does it have to become potentially dangerous before you can spot it?
I'm not scaremongering here, just interested to know. With so many things like this, it "feels" like there should be some high-tech pre-emptive solution, when in fact a clipboard and a trained eye is all that's on hand.
Did we establish who's urine it was? And what was it's content - ie, mostly alcohol, time of month...etc...
Nah, only joking. Bloody hell this is good.
And that is 'some corrosion' -
The band? anyone, anyone.
I just heard this evening that The Go! Team have been nominated for a Mercury Music Award - which is probably the UKs most prestigious award - they are up against bands like Bloc Party (won't win) Hard Fi (maybe) Coldplay (Please GOD no!).
I'll keep you informed.
So, to summarize July so far at Connie's (jumping to the good stuff):
Hot babe. Crazy babe. Funny babe. Sexy babe. Lots of hot babes (literally, it seems).
Urine. Dead babe. REALLY DISGUSTING #$*(@*#$.
Hot babes. OMG, hot babe on babe action. Hot babes.
Urine.
Interesting. No offense meant with the colloquial term 'babe'.
A local University keeps their stadium seats from corroding with a low voltage current running through the seats. They pump up the juice on the visiting team's side of course.
Herge: Hey now, Hey now now, it was Sisters of Mercy.
This experiment is riveting. I can't wait for more!
coke, I vote for coke. I truly believe in orthophosphoric acid!
Yes, and I bet 5 euros!
Come on come on!! Someone else who wants to bet? COME ON!!
Lol! I absolutly LOVE how you guys are so interested in this Corrosion stuff!
O.k., so Ship Creak - as far as having something high tech, 90 % of the time our inspections are visual, by the licensed technician like myself, who is trained and has enough experience to know what and where to look for potential problems. There are also books and books full of "Service Bulletins" that give details of common problems that have happened to several aircraft in the past which give a few good clues.... Which brings me to the high tech stuff! Many times when there is reoccuring problems that are difficult to detect - and as P.I Squared was alluding too - We have a team of N.D.T. (non-destructive testing) who can do x-ray, eddy current, and ultrasonic inspections that show metal breakdown where the naked eye can't see. Of course, The ideal would be if you could N.D.T the whole aircraft every check, but due to time and money restraints, only safety-issue stuff are generally tested......
Which brings me to this particular bit of Corrosion... It is quite corroded, and definetly beyond the limits stated in our Structural Repair Manual, BUT to be completly honest this was in the early stages of breakdown and could probably be left for another 10 years before it completly failed.... and besides that, the big aircraft are built with many many "failsafes" that are engineered to take the loads in the event of a catastrophic failure of another bit of structure - Its all insanely safe!
Phew! Hope that explains a bit more ;)
$10,000 for the part. At least 100 hours of labour. And people whine because it costs $400 to fly to Moncton.
I wonder if there is some other accelerant you could use to make your corrosion experiment speed along, like they use in those time lapsed commercials for clothes soap and stuff.
OMG Barbara! When your Southpark character is shrunk to that little icon it makes you look like you're wearing the "Jason" mask... When really, all those dots are a smile!
It made me too afraid to bet with you.
[cheering on urine]!
don't be afraid karen, I'm just a friendly person...... with a big smile!
lol
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