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Thanks everyone for the responses. This is pretty much what I thought and plan
to ream the holes out of the plane with the center section on the wing spars prior
to riveting it all back in the plane.
On Sun Mar 20th, 2011 12:25 PM EDT Paul Mulwitz wrote:
>Hi Bill,
>
>The first time (before the upgrade kit was designed) I tried drilling and reaming
the mounting holes with the carry through in place. Actually, I had so much
trouble with the drilling I never got to the reaming. It was nearly impossible
to get a drill of any kind (capable of such large drill bits) in place to
drill with the fuselage sides and the seat parts in the way.
>
>This time, when installing the whole thing after upgrade, I am going to drill,
ream, and inspect the mounting holes with the carry through out of the fuselage.
I don't know how much problem I will have installing it after the finished
holes are done, but I thing the first attempt resulted in something that was
not airworthy. Indeed, I replaced the caps in the carry through and all 4 uprights
to try to make things right.
>
>If you are still considering this problem in a couple of weeks then let me know.
I should be finished by then.
>
>Paul
>Working in final stages of installing the carry through - wings completed.
>
>
>On 3/20/2011 6:39 AM, Bill Pagan wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> Finished with the upgrade but have not riveted the center section back in place
in the plane as of yet. My quickbuild (snicker-snicker) like some others
has the holes for the wing bolts in the carry through slightly out of shape.
My question is should I mount the carry through onto the wing spar out of the
plane and ream these holes to size or wait until I install the wings on the plane
with the carry through riveted in place. How difficult is it to ream these
holes with the center section installed (looks like it would be difficult to
me) and if I ream them with the center section on the wing out of the plane is
there a chance that they will have to be redone when all is installed on the
plane? I worry about whether things will move slightly when I rivet it all together.
Then of course with the holes already reamed it would cause things to
be out of shape again. Hope this is clear.
>>
>> /Bill Pagn/
>>
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I drilled the oversize holes for 3/8" bolts with the wings installed with 2
of the 5/16" bolts holding
everything together. I drilled the under-sized holes with a cut off under-
size bit(~.365) and a right angle
drill motor. I then used a 3/8" reamer with a cutoff shank in the right
angle drill motor to precision
fit each 3/8" bolt one at a time. I choose to leave 2 5/16" bolts in hard
to get locations because
of the tight quarters. I figured that 4 3/8" bolts and 2 5/16" bolts all w
ith good fits was good enough.
For what it is worth.
JES (601XL-B done)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pagan <bill.pagan@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 8:45 am
Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Wing Bolts
Thanks everyone for the responses. This is pretty much what I thought and p
lan
to ream the holes out of the plane with the center section on the wing spar
s
prior to riveting it all back in the plane.
On Sun Mar 20th, 2011 12:25 PM EDT Paul Mulwitz wrote:
>Hi Bill,
>
>The first time (before the upgrade kit was designed) I tried drilling and
reaming the mounting holes with the carry through in place. Actually, I ha
d so
much trouble with the drilling I never got to the reaming. It was nearly
impossible to get a drill of any kind (capable of such large drill bits) in
place to drill with the fuselage sides and the seat parts in the way.
>
>This time, when installing the whole thing after upgrade, I am going to dr
ill,
ream, and inspect the mounting holes with the carry through out of the fuse
lage.
I don't know how much problem I will have installing it after the finished
holes
are done, but I thing the first attempt resulted in something that was not
airworthy. Indeed, I replaced the caps in the carry through and all 4 upri
ghts
to try to make things right.
>
>If you are still considering this problem in a couple of weeks then let me
know. I should be finished by then.
>
>Paul
>Working in final stages of installing the carry through - wings completed.
>
>
>On 3/20/2011 6:39 AM, Bill Pagan wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> Finished with the upgrade but have not riveted the center section back i
n
place in the plane as of yet. My quickbuild (snicker-snicker) like some ot
hers
has the holes for the wing bolts in the carry through slightly out of shape
. My
question is should I mount the carry through onto the wing spar out of the
plane
and ream these holes to size or wait until I install the wings on the plane
with
the carry through riveted in place. How difficult is it to ream these hole
s
with the center section installed (looks like it would be difficult to me)
and
if I ream them with the center section on the wing out of the plane is ther
e a
chance that they will have to be redone when all is installed on the plane?
I
worry about whether things will move slightly when I rivet it all together.
Then of course with the holes already reamed it would cause things to be ou
t of
shape again. Hope this is clear.
>>
>> /Bill Pag=C3=A1n/
>>
>>
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>>
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