---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 05/22/17: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:03 PM - Re: tail hinges (Vincent Dunn) 2. 10:30 PM - Re: tail hinges (taildrags) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:03:50 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: tail hinges From: "Vincent Dunn" I'm ready to order tail hinge hardware from ACS and I need a little help. Clevis pins, AN393-?? What length? Washers, AN960-10Light, steel or alum? Cotter pins, MS24665- ?? Length? Nut plates, K1000 lockers, two ears Thanks for the help. -------- Vincent Dunn Salem Oregon vincentkdunn(at)yahoo.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=469522#469522 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:30:28 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: tail hinges From: "taildrags" Vincent: the answer to all of those questions is, "it depends". Because the ears or tabs on the hinges can be left rough or cleaned up very square, the distance between the outside faces of the two-tab half of the hinge will vary with the builder. Yes, the clevis pins should be AN393, but the length will have to be determined experimentally. I personally like to use thin steel washers back there (anything to save weight on the tail), and I like to use fairly long cotter pins because my eyes aren't that great and my fingers aren't that slender and the longer ones are easier to thread through the clevis pin holes. Besides, I cut them short with side cutters so there is just enough length to wrap each clipped leg halfway around the clevis pin (I dislike leaving the legs long). All of this takes a heck of a lot more time than you think it would, and because the @#$%& things keep wanting to spin on you when you try to bent the cotter pin legs back around the clevis pin, it's much easier to do if you have a patient and understanding helper available when you get ready to cotter the little suckers. For use during building, I just slide some .049 safety wire through them and give it a twist because I know I'll be putting them on and taking them off a couple of times during fitting and rigging. Cotters go in at final installation. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=469523#469523 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.