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     1. 07:33 AM - Re: Stub spar  (Ted Leon)
 
 
 
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Time: 07:33:09 AM PST US
From: "Ted Leon" <leondo@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: Stub spar

--> Tailwind-List message posted by: "Ted Leon" <leondo@bigfoot.com>

For the record. The tailpost was dead straight ant the rudder moved free and 
clear without obstruction. Brian, I'll give you a call later this PM.
Ted
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Alley" <n320wt@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: Stub spar


> --> Tailwind-List message posted by: Brian Alley <n320wt@yahoo.com>
>
> Malcom, I worked on it some this evening and got it
> very close. I clamped a 1" steel bar to the underside
> of the spar and heated the welds to dull red and let
> it cool. After removing the clamps and bar it sprang
> back .5 deg. A little more work and I'll have it
> straight. I considered a strap under the spar, could
> you post a picture sometime. I also found that the
> builder had not straightened the tailpost and the
> rudder was touching the tailpost at the upper
> longerons. A little heat and pressure and it's back
> where it belongs.
>
> BRIAN ALLEY (N320WT)
> CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES
> 101 Caroline Circle
> Hurricane, WV 25526
> 304-562-6800 home
>
>
> How are you going to win by a nose if you don't stick out your neck?
>
>
>