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Subject: | Crack by landing gear? |
6/13/2016
Hello Tim, Thanks for the response and the photos. You wrote:
1) "I just pop riveted them in through the inner fuselage skin."
Very clever. What installation sequence did you follow to ensure that the
anchor nuts
would eventually be accurately placed where the holes in the aluminum panels
are?
I may have to reconsider placing some similar panels on my plane. I am
thinking along the
line of riveting anchor nuts to one inch square pieces of sheet aluminum or
thin flat panel
fiber glass and then using epoxy to fasten the squares in place in the
fuselage interior.
2) "None of them have failed in the last 18 years."
Good show.
OC
PS:
How many hours do you have on your plane? I have been flying for about 12
1/2 years (first flight
in Nov 2003) and have just gone over 500 hours.
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From: Tim Yoder
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 5:25 PM
Subject: Emailing: 52TY 001.jpg
Hello OC,
These aren't the best photos but you can see 5 anchor nuts In the first
photo and 2 in the second. I just pop riveted them in through the inner
fuselage skin. None of them have failed in the last 18 years. I will send
two more photos of the fairings, a total of seven pieces.
Tim
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Subject: | Crack by landing gear? |
6/13/2016
Hello Tim, Thank you again for the response and the photos.
1) Re photo 005.
A) It appears as if the wing is molded right to the fuselage -- I can see no
fairing seams at all.
How did you achieve that effect? Is the wing in fact still removable?
B) Did you dimple the aluminum sheets for the machine screw flush heads? Did
you then
also have to countersink the exterior fuselage skin?
C) Are there counter sunk washers under the screw heads?**
2) Re photo 006.
A) I am stunned at the shine and cleanliness of the belly of your plane. How
about a few words
on how you achieved that?
B) What is the small object on the belly center forward of the landing
gear? It looks like the
head of a brass bolt.
Thanks again and congratulations on which may be the most refined KIS TR-1
that has been built.
OC
**PS: Have you ever considered using the 100 degree, counter sink, 6 lobe
(Torx) drive, flat head screws from Microfasteners (see here):
https://www.microfasteners.com/home.php?cat=620
I consider them vastly superior to Phillips drive screws.
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From: Tim Yoder
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 5:32 PM
Subject: Emailing: 52TY 005.jpg
Photo 005 is of the left main gear front to back. You can see the leading
edge of the wing and how aluminum panel extends under the bottom of the
leading edge. About 5/8" I think.
Tim
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