GA aircraft only. Ok, so finally I can see what you’re complaining about. Small aircraft are designed with few access hatches simply because they are so small. One small hole in the fuselage allows visual access to the whole of the structure – there is no need to have more. I know you want to inspect everything on a pre-flight, but provided you fly your aeroplane within its design limits and store it in a suitable manner when not flying it, faults WILL be picked up on the routine inspection schedule – that is why it exists. As part of that schedule, the usually inaccessible parts of the airframe will be accessed. Corrosion does not suddenly occur, but will develop over time – part of a fail safe and damage tolerant design. Relax, do your checks as per the manual, and allow the engineers to do their job when the manual calls for more detailed checks. Don’t worry about the main spar dropping off if you can’t see it – every aircraft and the material it is made from has been subjected to the most rigorous tests to ensure that it will perform for a certain length of time within a certain flight envelope. The dangers only exist when the design limits are exceeded or the life of the component is extended without authorisation.
I would rather have a structurally sound aircraft which is re-skinned every five years than an aeroplane which was full of holes and about as stong as a wet tea bag.
Your scepticisim of the manufacture, design and engineering industry is disturbing, particularly when your previous threads mention the possibility of flying without insurance… I sincerely hope that your personal standards would prevent you from doing anything dangerous. I would love to have a long conversation with your designated inspector….
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