---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 02/28/04: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:00 AM - Re: W-919 tank splice plate (Phil Brown) 2. 05:33 PM - Re: W-919 tank splice plate (Paul Eastham) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:00:51 AM PST US From: "Phil Brown" Subject: Re: RV9-List: W-919 tank splice plate --> RV9-List message posted by: "Phil Brown" Hi Paul , Phil Brown from the U.K. here! how did you get on with the strip, like you I agree there isn't much meat for the nut plates....did you go ahead anyway? I'm at that stage now. My plans are even older than yours! I cant even find a reference to go about drilling and attaching the nut plates!!!! phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Eastham" Subject: RV9-List: W-919 tank splice plate > --> RV9-List message posted by: Paul Eastham > > Hi everyone in rv9land, > I just started to dimple the splice plate the joins the LE to the > tank, and I'm suddenly not sure I drilled this thing right. The tank > screw dimples go right to the edge of the plate, distorting the edge > slightly, and the #40 platenut attach holes are right at minimum edge > distance, .22" or so. > Is this similar to anyone else's? I read the drilling directions > again and I seem to have followed those, but it sure looks like the > whole plate should have been placed further inboard, toward the tank. > > Thanks, > Paul > http://hmb.dyndns.org/~eastham/rv > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:33:49 PM PST US From: Paul Eastham Subject: Re: RV9-List: W-919 tank splice plate --> RV9-List message posted by: Paul Eastham Hi Phil, Van's said that it was fine and to forge ahead. However, now that my LE is all riveted up, it sure looks like it ought to stick out more than they specify....there is about a half inch of extra metal outboard past the LE rib flange. On my other wing I will certainly pull it out further or at least err slightly on the tank side. Also check the archives regarding trimming the aft edges of the strip forward of the spar. Not mentioned in the directions and impossible to see on the plans. Regards, Paul On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 05:00:16PM -0000, Phil Brown wrote: > --> RV9-List message posted by: "Phil Brown" > > Hi Paul , > Phil Brown from the U.K. here! how did you get on with the strip, like > you I agree there isn't much meat for the nut plates....did you go ahead > anyway? I'm at that stage now. My plans are even older than yours! I cant > even find a reference to go about drilling and attaching the nut plates!!!! > phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Eastham" > To: > Subject: RV9-List: W-919 tank splice plate > > > > --> RV9-List message posted by: Paul Eastham > > > > Hi everyone in rv9land, > > I just started to dimple the splice plate the joins the LE to the > > tank, and I'm suddenly not sure I drilled this thing right. The tank > > screw dimples go right to the edge of the plate, distorting the edge > > slightly, and the #40 platenut attach holes are right at minimum edge > > distance, .22" or so. > > Is this similar to anyone else's? I read the drilling directions > > again and I seem to have followed those, but it sure looks like the > > whole plate should have been placed further inboard, toward the tank. > > > > Thanks, > > Paul > > http://hmb.dyndns.org/~eastham/rv > > > > > > > > >