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 Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:46 am Post subject: Metal panels under stab |
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Mine look for all the world like the original method of fastening was using very course sheet metal screws in the tabs in the (poor) cellphone photo. Is this what everyone uses? It seems to me they'll fall out and end up in another aircraft's tire.
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Dave Goddard
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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:57 am Post subject: Metal panels under stab |
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Dave,
That is what I used on my model IV. I used screws about 3/4" long and once
in a while they would back out a thread or two, but I never lost one in 900
hours. After getting tired of tighening them from time to time, I used some
medium thread locker on the screws. No problems then.
Lowell
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Tom Jones
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Location: Ellensburg, WA
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:04 am Post subject: Re: Metal panels under stab |
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| Quote: | Mine look for all the world like the original method of fastening was using very course sheet metal screws in the tabs in the (poor) cellphone photo. Is this what everyone uses? It seems to me they'll fall out and end up in another aircraft's tire.
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Dave, yes that is the original installation method. The tabs are so hardened from the welding that even the stainless sheet metal screws strip out. I kept finding a few loose screws on each preflight so I switched to J-nuts with machine screws.
Here's an example.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/04-00152.php
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brianm(at)snolab.ca
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:49 am Post subject: Metal panels under stab |
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Hi
I drilled and taped all mine to 8-32 machine screws which seems to work
fine.
Brian
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Ken Potter
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: Metal panels under stab |
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I also drilled and tapped mine with stainless 8-32s. Seemed logical at the time.
Cheers
Ken
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n981ms(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:02 am Post subject: Metal panels under stab |
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Knock on wood but I have not lost one in 500 hours. That is not to say that I don't have a screw loose.
Maxwell Duke
S6/TD/IO240
Dublin, GA
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Subject: Re: Metal panels under stab
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Dave,
That is what I used on my model IV. I used screws about 3/4" long and once in a while they would back out a thread or two, but I never lost one in 900 hours. After getting tired of tighening them from time to time, I used some medium thread locker on the screws. No problems then.
Lowell
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akflyer
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:10 am Post subject: Re: Metal panels under stab |
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Stainless Steel is softer than Carbon Steel until you get into some of the exotic, or duplex alloys.
FWIW, the 2 kitfoxes I have worked on just had SS sheet metal screws and they have never come loose.
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occom
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:56 am Post subject: Metal panels under stab |
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Ok Thanks. I will re-apply the original stainless sheet metal screws with a
threadlock compound. I was not concerned for the panels, just for the
tires/safety of others. Sheet metal screws love tires.
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