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jeynon2
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Location: Southern Illinois
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 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:16 am Post subject: Upper Rudder Hinge |
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Hi all,
I've been lurking on this list for a while now, and although Colin outed me earlier, I thought I'd finally introduce myself with a question. I'm located in Southern Illinois (Carbondale) and building Lightning #53 at home in my garage.
My question is how does one bolt the upper rudder hinge to the vertical tail. I have cut the hole beneath the hinge, but it seems I would have to be E.T. with magnetic fingers to get the nut and washer on the upper bolts. Then there is the question of how to get a wrench on the nuts to tighten. I've considered drilling an access hole in the top of the tail, but wanted to see how others have solved this problem.
Thanks for any input, and I look forward to participating in the discussions in the future.
John Eynon
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jeynon2
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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Location: Southern Illinois
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: Upper Rudder Hinge |
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Clive just emailed me a description and a very helpful picture to solve my problem. So I'm giving up training the small squirrel to hold a wrench, and I am off to the hardware store for tools. Back to the build.
Thanks Clive.
John E.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: Upper Rudder Hinge |
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Hi Jeynon,
I'm building #49 in my hangar. I was able to get the nut and washer on by putting some masking tape tacky side out around my finger and putting the parts on that taped finger. That worked super! I tied some string to my wrench and pushed it into the access hole and pulled it up and was able to get the wrench on as well. Hopes this helps. Bill in Tucson.
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Clive just emailed me a description and a very helpful picture to solve my problem. So I'm giving up training the small squirrel to hold a wrench, and I am off to the hardware store for tools. Back to the build.
Thanks Clive.
John E.
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