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 Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: Fwd: Re: wing supports |
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Guy Buchanan wrote:
| Quote: | Thought I'd forward this to the list even though it's pretty big.
Guy
> ate: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:37:56 -0800
> To: dwight purdy <dpurdy(at)comteck.com>
> From: Guy Buchanan <bnn(at)nethere.com>
> Subject: Re: wing supports
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> OK Dwight,
> Here it comes. Make the top and bottom legs from 1x1x1/8
> aluminum channel. Make the middle leg from 3/4" OD thick wall (?)
> aluminum tube. Measurements for my plane are in the drawing "Strut
> 11". Your's may vary. The top channel has two large holes: the
> inboard one fits over a 5/16" castle nut that is at the bottom of my
> rear wing bolt. The outer fits loosely over the outboard wing bolt
> sticking out of the spar. The bottom of the bottom channel has a
> custom machined receiver that I made by boring into 1 x 6" aluminum
> round stock from either end with a bore that fits the head of the
> lower strut bolt. (Don't have the size at hand.) That fitting was
> then shaped and welded into the lower strut at the right angle to sit
> flat on the head of the lower strut bolt when installed.
> Drill the lower pivot between the lower channel and the tube
> so that the lower channel over-centers into place. (Drill it such
> that the outboard end of the inboard rib lifts 1/8"+ when the strut
> is in place.) Then drill the upper hole where the fast-pin goes. If
> you're careful about drilling all of the holes, (use a drill press,)
> the whole thing folds into a really neat package, with the tube
> fitting into the channels and the channels laying together.
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> Good luck!
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> Guy
>
> At 10:31 PM 2/24/2008, you wrote:
>> Could not help noticing your wing supports in the picture you just
>> posted. It looks as though the wing just rest all along the first rib.
>> Can you tell me a little more or a picture. How is the ledge
>> attached back at rear spar attach point? i was always under the
>> impression the end of the support tube went somehow through the
>> attach point in the leading edge.
>>
>> dwight
>>
>> --
>> 269.21.0/1296 - Release Date: 2/24/2008 12:19 PM
>>
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> Guy Buchanan
> San Diego, CA
> K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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Guy..do you have any trouble with the wing support poping off at the
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bottom of support?where it rest at lower strut support? this is a neat
idea Guy..Steve Shinabery N554KF KF2
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Guy Buchanan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject: Fwd: Re: wing supports |
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At 04:26 PM 2/29/2008, you wrote:
| Quote: | Guy..do you have any trouble with the wing support poping off at the
bottom of support?where it rest at lower strut support? this is a neat idea
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I've only travelled about 50 miles with it on, and no, I've had no
trouble; but it's never been tested at significant g's.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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