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Dave Pelletier
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Prescott, Arizona
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 Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject: Wing Attach Fittings |
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Guys,
Have any of you had problems with the Wing Attach Fitting (I think that's what it's called) breaking rivets on the Boom Tube? If so, what's your fix?
I trailer my plane and fold it every time I fly. I'm sure I have over 3,000 miles trailering and a lot of that is over dirt roads with lots of washboards. The Boom Tube is on a cradle and I have tried various things to get the weight of the wings off of the Attach Fittings - the best is straps from the wings to a brace across the ceiling of the trailer. But shortly after I got the plane, I noticed the rivets were broken so I replaced them with steel rivets. A while later, those broke so we drilled it out and put in 3/16 steel rivets. Now I notice they are either broken or missing. One is gone so I assume it broke, and the other is loose so I assume it is wearing a hole in the Boom Tube.
Any fixes for this short of disconnecting the wings after I get it in the trailer? That would be a pain.
AzDave
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biglar
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject: Wing Attach Fittings |
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I'm amazed, Dave. Yours looks like a really good setup. Only thing I can
think of is nuts, bolts and washers, but can't figure how you'd do it
without cutting the fabric. Maybe a Tee on the tail boom support to support
the leading edges, too ?? Lar. Do
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Larry Bourne
Palm Springs, CA
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Dave Pelletier
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Prescott, Arizona
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject: Wing Attach Fittings |
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Oh, Oh, maybe I didn't explain it right. The rivets that are breaking are
those that hold the Wing Attach Fitting (?) directly to the Boom Tube. I'm
not talking about the wing side, but the Boom Tube side. I even had the
Fitting tube break - we had to weld it. Now that was fun. Nuts and bolts
would be nice but how do you attach the nut three feet inside the Boom Tube?
AzDave
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biglar
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject: Wing Attach Fittings |
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Hire a local Orangutan ?? Seriously, if you put the bolt head in a socket
on a long breaker bar and put it with the head INside the tube, the nuts
would be easy to start on the outside. I doubt it would look too bad, if
the lengths were right. I've had good luck holding nuts and bolts in a
socket by putting a small piece of paper over the socket and pushing it in
with the nut or bolt. It acts as a shim, holding the part tightly in the
socket. I have done it the other way round, but it's difficult starting the
nuts with them on the inside. Can be done, but language tends to
deteriorate.  Lar.
P.S. Looking forward to seeing you and Eve at MV.
Larry Bourne
Palm Springs, CA
Building Kolb Mk III
N78LB Vamoose
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