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--> RV3-List message posted by: Leesafur@aol.com
In a message dated 1/31/2004 9:36:10 PM Central Standard Time,
fredbauerjr@cox.net writes:
This message is an FYI for anyone who is starting a new aircraft.
Please understand that this message is for information only and may or may
not be correct.
BUT---------------
1] When we installed the 5 fuselage floor ribs into our jig and attached
them to the bulkhead frame [center section] we found that the pre bent front
flanges on the 5 ribs were bent at an incorrect angle.
We could not use them as they were supplied to us and had to rebend the front
flanges so we could get the correct wing incidence angle as called out in the
plans by Van.
2] The RV3 weldment for the tail spring was actually and RV4 weldment and
it had to be trimmed in order for it to fit into the tail cone.
3] the large bottom tail cone skin was not furnished long enough to extend
entirely over the frame bulkheads on the forward and aft edges,
Therefore ------------
DO NOT trim the smaller .040 bottom rear skin at the front edge to match it
to the fuselage bulkhead like the plans show!
Wait with trimming that skin until you fit both skins where they overlap, you
may need to have a row of rivets connecting the two skins.
NOTE!
The skins are supplied to the lengths called for in the plans, I believe the
plans dimension is in error.
Fred
Hay Fred, I stumbled across a revised print for the fuselage bulkhead station
positions might be the problem you are having. Try this link and you will see.
http://f3.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/MJBKQO0pwJKBYoNhvZNcbGkkGtJ9eUnDcOeZC99rEXUOAblSw
ZcNozLpraYrR0sJNT-2ZJAmWgb5gCSdc2OPEmQEwa09KQ/Plan%20Revisions%20from%20'The%2
0RVator'/2001/2nd_issue_2001_pg3.jpg
Lee Sahr
Anoka MN
RV-3 wing
763-213-1124
612-363-0730
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