jpspencer(at)cableone.net
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 Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject: 701 strut cuff alignment |
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A while back somebody wanted to know how to align the streamline lift strut cuffs in the same plane...well I did too and finally figured it out.
Gather up a digital level and a camera tripod or other suitable support.
Lay the digital level against the longitudinal axis(leveling reference) and note the reading. For practical purposes this is the top of the fuselage about halfway between the tail and wing.
Cleco the cuff in place on the strut.
Set one end of the level on the lift strut. Set the other end on top of the tripod. Adjust the tripod up/down til it reads the same as when against the londitudinal axis and measure down 1/2 the diameter of the strut(14 mm on mine). This is where the trailing edge of the cuff goes. Do this top and bottom each strut and your cuffs should be aligned with the longitudinal axis and in the same plane with one another. The jury strut holds it in the middle and I used one poprivet at each end.
I used the long axis as a reference cause I guessed it was somewhere near streamlined at cruise. You might guess something different for that.
Joe
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