That's what distinguishes all ingeniously practical solutions
Oscar. No goobering that I can see.
Too late for me, I've used drilled head bolts myself.
My bolts go through the cross piece which I placed right
under the leading edge. There is a ply filler on both top and
bottom of the thin part behind the actual "leading edge". The
T nuts are just inside the ends of the cross piece so drilling
from the bottom was no problem with a long extension on
the bit.
There is, on top of that area, a 1/8" gusset from 4" ahead of
the LE to 4" behind so it's plenty strong enough to hold the
stab down. Especialy when you consider the original done
with #7 screws. Done this way means no compromise of
strength in the longerons. I don't like the idea of 3/16"
holes through them. By the way, if you want to screw it
just use #8. Don't sweat it, the diameter difference is
negligable.
Unfortunately I never thought to document this area in
pictures. I'll do that next week after I get back from
camping with the kids. Well, they're kids to me. :-)
I didn't mess with the seat back. It's firmly glued in.
I have made access through the bottom as Mr C did.
Both seat bottoms are screwed down as there is stuff
under them.
I am in the process of cabling the tailwheel right
through to the bar. It's pretty close to a straight run.
It will require only a slight bend through a fairlead.
My rudder cables are pretty much straight from the
bar, through the seat back by my hips to a fairlead just
above the elevator bellcrank then on to the rudder. This
fairlead is there only to clear this cable from the top
elevator one. Now you know why I'm not going to try
to splice the tailwheel cable to it. Could get messy.
Besides, what's the diff in weight between a few feet
of cable and all that splicing stuff?
Clif, off to camp out in the rain.
Hey, this IS the wet coast!
>
>
> Shows you what a country goober I am. I just took the tee nuts and
gave
> the ends a slight crimp in the vise to make them semi-self-locking. A
dab
> of Locktite (not the permanent stuff) might also do.
>
> Oscar Zuniga
> Air Camper NX41CC
> San Antonio, TX
> mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
