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1. 12:49 AM - pylon+fairings (Neville Cameron)
2. 09:26 AM - Re: pylon+fairings (Bill)
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My airplane seems to be unique in the the fairings behind the pylons are
sheet aluminum rivetted to the lower wing skin.
I wanted to remove the pylons and the hardware from inside wing to lose
some weight (my wife thinks I should lose it myself).
Pete Taylor had a set of wings on a project with all the pylon hardware
removed from inside the wing, apparently by taking the top inspection
hatch cover off and pulling some pins, but it is not clear to me any
more since I looked at mine. does anyone have any suggestions on weight
removal?
Pete has some formed covers covering the internal wing latch mechanism,
which are I believe no longer available, with the internals removed a
flat plate would suffice, if I removed the fairings
Also I notice that the seats are very heavy and non ejecting. I owned a
Yak and the seats in that were very light but still stressed for 8G, has
anyone replaced seats and what with?
Many thanks
Neville the non flying newbie
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| Subject: | Re: pylon+fairings |
Lose weight because??? I hope you don't think it will instantly do
10,000 feet per minute?
Sometimes the time spent chasing 1 or 2 pounds is not worth the gain.
And then you can't use the external tanks. Just go out and fly it. Have
fun. Most of us can't afford to go far enough that it would make a big
improvement anyway. Just remove the pylons and tanks, will be worth
between 10%-15% increase in efficiency. But I wouldn't take the guts
out.
Just my Opinion.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Neville Cameron
To: l29-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:42 AM
Subject: L29-List: pylon+fairings
My airplane seems to be unique in the the fairings behind the pylons
are sheet aluminum rivetted to the lower wing skin.
I wanted to remove the pylons and the hardware from inside wing to
lose some weight (my wife thinks I should lose it myself).
Pete Taylor had a set of wings on a project with all the pylon
hardware removed from inside the wing, apparently by taking the top
inspection hatch cover off and pulling some pins, but it is not clear to
me any more since I looked at mine. does anyone have any suggestions on
weight removal?
Pete has some formed covers covering the internal wing latch
mechanism, which are I believe no longer available, with the internals
removed a flat plate would suffice, if I removed the fairings
Also I notice that the seats are very heavy and non ejecting. I owned
a Yak and the seats in that were very light but still stressed for 8G,
has anyone replaced seats and what with?
Many thanks
Neville the non flying newbie
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