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1. 09:03 AM - Re: aileron bracket (Garner Rice)
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Questions on the 901010-501 and 902010-504 outboard aileron brackets.
The company that was supplying them before was the same that was s
upplying them to Tiger Aircraft. For reason the tooling was destroyed after
Tiger ceased production. I drove to Wichita Kansas on the way to AYA Oshko
sh=2C to look over the remaining tooling and with the hopes that the toolin
g was still there. They still had some tooling=2C but nothing to make the a
ileron bracket. Then I went to another company in Wichita. They showed me q
uite a bit of Tiger tooling=2C but no joy. They did ask me if I was interes
ted in paying the storage for the tools. The first company said they could
remake the tool. After several months they gave me a quote for the tooling
and a minimum run that send me into depression.
I had a company that was local (within 200 miles) that is already
one of my approved suppliers. They said they could build the tool for a re
asonable price. I paid for the tooling cost and had them do a minimum run o
f the supports. I didn't want to invest too much if it wasn't going to work
out. I had problems with a supplier in Houston in the supports and didn't
want to duplicate the same problem.
So I received the supports and they were spot on. I left the mount
ing holes out because they can be matched drilled to the spar and because I
can according to the process specs.
The 902010-501 was the original design. The -504 was the later des
ign that had the collar staked into the inboard side of the support as to n
ot be knocked out by the aileron torque tube. The -504 is the better design
and is safer. The only problem with the -504 is that sometimes there is no
t quite enough room between the support and the aileron=2C even with out th
e spacers. The 901010-901 is the same as the 902010-504 but without the mou
nting holes. So if there is there is not enough room for the -504=2C then t
he holes can be located in the -901 where it will fit the assembly. I have
a couple left from the first production run and have another 50 on order.
I apologize for not keeping everybody in the loop=2C but in this bu
siness=2C disappointments come more frequently than good news. But this is
good news. Good news is that they are now available and at a lesser cost th
an before even with the tooling cost amortized in.
Garner
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