 |
Matronics Email Lists
Web Forum Interface to the Matronics Email Lists
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
dougsire
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 37
|
 Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: Slanted Spar and "mini spar" |
 |
|
I too have felt a bit uneasy about the slanted spar. It does almost seem like some type of triangular box spar would be better.
One approach to strengthen the spar when encountering loads from the front and below would be to cut a slot in each rib between the front lightening hole and the spar perpendicular to the spar, and then insert a “mini-spar” through all of the ribs. It would be attached to each rib with a triangular formed bracket. That would accomplish some of what the Air Force patent article (1979) was trying to accomplish. It would certainly act to resist any bending back of the main spar.
I’m no engineer, although I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once, and I broke plenty of things on the farm as a kid, so I have some sense of how things fail structurally. I have the complete kit but will just be starting soon on the HS.
Doug Sire
601XL kit
Billings, MT
[quote][b]
| | - The Matronics Zenith-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Zenith-List |
|
_________________
Doug Sire 601XL
Do Not Archive |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
paulrod36(at)msn.com
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: Slanted Spar and "mini spar" |
|
|
<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]--> It can be done easier than that-- Cessna uses a "mini-longeron" riveted lengthwise to the upper skin. Either looke at a parts manual or stop in at a wing shop. It's simple, light, and effective. Only takes a notch in the top of the rib to accommodate it.
Paul Rodriguez
[quote] ---
| | - The Matronics Zenith-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Zenith-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
haven
Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 19
Location: Kansas City MO
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Slanted Spar and |
|
|
Isn't that the same thing Vans does on the RV's?
| | - The Matronics Zenith-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Zenith-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
Get Email Distribution Too!
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
