Re: Metal panels under stab


Subject:    Re: Metal panels under stab
From:    Tom Jones (nahsikhs@elltel.net)
Date:    Sun Nov 15 - 8:07 AM
> Mine look for all the world like the original method of fastening was using very
course sheet metal screws in the tabs in the (poor) cellphone photo. Is this
what everyone uses? It seems to me they'll fall out and end up in another aircraft's
tire.
> 


Dave, yes that is the original installation method.  The tabs are so hardened from
the welding that even the stainless sheet metal screws strip out.  I kept
finding a few loose screws on each preflight so I switched to J-nuts with machine
screws.

Here's an example. 
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/04-00152.php

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Tom Jones
Classic IV
503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp
Ellensburg, WA


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