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2. 10:36 PM - Re: Finishing kit mods (woxofswa)
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JFYInfo, But Probably been done before. Because the flap hinge brackets are light
gauge and flexible, I made up these little brackets (spanners) to fit over
the flap hinge bolt head and pop riveted them to one side of the flap bracket.
By using AN4-7A bolts, thin washers and nylock nuts, the nylock nuts can be
tightened and bottom out before the flap hinge brackets are pinched onto the bronze
bush. Because the bolt head is fixed and rotates with the flap hinge bracket,
the bolt must rotate in the bronze bearing as it's supposed to. No chance
of the bolt being loose enough to start rotating inside the flap hinge brackets
instead of the bronze bush. No pesky split pin ends to gouge your wrists when
washing under the wings is an added bonus. The holes in my brackets locate
on two flats of the bolt. but other methods of capturing the bolt head would
work. The two pop rivets are located at the back of the flap hinge brackets so
they don't conflict with the wing flap bracket when the flaps are up.
Cheers from Western Australia
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| Subject: | Re: Finishing kit mods |
Definitely suggest the matco nose wheel assembly.
I am just fine with the Van's brakes. They have never seemed inadequate to me.
There are a lot of disadvantages to too much braking power in my opinion. A
locked wheel actually takes longer to stop and a tire change in BFE is no fun.
As far as tires go, I would get the Monster retreads and then set up and size the
wheel pants accordingly. They are a great tire for the money, but they need
more room. Bigger wood block on top of the tire during the geometry phase).
I have 220+ hours on mine and they are still going strong. (dislcaimer, only
one touch and go in the aircraft log). You can always use the shorter tires
if you want but if you set up for the shorter ones it would be a huge pain to
dial in the monsters. Even if they weren't cheaper, I would still run the Monsters.
Since they're cheaper they are a no brainer IMO. Some guys with low
slung pants just can't use them.
You might lose a fraction of a knot by having the pants set higher with more rubber
in the breeze, but you'll appreciate the extra clearance on rougher strips.
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Myron Nelson
Mesa, AZ
Flew May 10 2014
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