Uhm, who the [expletives deleted] is allowing parts 25% under thickness to fly?!? I would be reporting their ass to FAA/Euro equivalent if that's a structural part. If it's something decorative inside the 'tube', who cares how strong it is. (I'm a long out-of-practice aircraft mechanic, my rule for any repair is "will I trust my life to it 20 years from now?")
Antipodes smell like Tohaa Creations. Apply rule... Now apply the rule to the whole Infinity universe. And remember, Achilles has been there and "planted the flag" before. XD
Are you f*^$in' serious ???? That ! Just that ! Seriously @Ceilican you know an aicraft manufacturer who doesn't have final requirments ?? This-is-out-of-this-world ! (or it's a B737Max part...)
As he said it's a a part for the airframe, i'm a bit concerned about the ability of this plane to safely fly...
I knew YOU would have something to say, I was just waiting for it. So, I did follow up. Turns out that this is actually safe. Basically, it's a Low-G aircraft (3-5 MAX) and the material thickness, as long as it's there, is not as critical as hole tear-out distance for the fasteners. Basically, the stress the part is under is mostly from vibration, rather than from velocity. The ME at the customer SHOULD have dispositioned it as "Use As Is," no doubt, but no Marines are gonna die because of this, so I felt a little better about it. I've also got an open request in with customer Engineering to clarify this dispo, because I think on second glance, they'll say something a little different. Also, for everybody's piece of mind, this is not a large part of structure. Overall part length is <6" and thin area is <.75", and it is not a part used repeatedly throughout the construction (so there won't be, like, six of them on the aircraft.) I will say, though, working in this industry has given me a slight fear of flying.
Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. (Alexander Chase)
One of my instructors during my own recreational pilot's license training knew someone who had landed a light aircraft that had had all its control surfaces accidentally disconnected from the control column by opening and closing the plane's doors to drag it in the right directions. If the plane's small enough you can survive anything short of a wing falling off with some training and ingenuity.
