>You obviously haven't read that bit of my log.....
>
>I was working on the ailerons one evening when Carol called me in for dinner.
>I put the ailerons down on the floor behind the car as the rest of my
>workspace was full. After dinner Carol asked me to go and get some milk so I
>got in the car, opened the garage door and reversed! The slight bump reminded
>me where my ailerons were so, muttering politely under my breath (not), I got
>out to inspect them. There wasn't a mark on them, even where the car had gone
>over the flange! I decided to scrap them anyway and got in a new set of cores
>from Europa. Did you know you can actually make a pair of ailerons in a week.
>
>As an exercise I decide to test one to destruction. It took a _lot_ of effort
>with a large sledge hammer before I could get it to crack. The force required
>to break the aileron really surprised me and has given me a lot of confidence
>in moldless composite construction.
>
>I mentioned this incident to Ivan while I was up there and he said that I
>needn't have bothered scrapping them!
Get Ivan to be the first to fly your a/c then!!!!I doubt he would want a
Europa flying that he knew had such an experience during its construction.
Maybe if you hadn't bought a new pair the answer would have been slightly
different. Can I have a go at the spare remaining aileron next time I come
to Auckland with your sledge hammer?? :-)
>
>Tony
>
>
>> Tony K,
>> Surely you_ "didn't"_, did you??? :-(((
>> >
>> >If you build it according to instructions it is just fine. If you want a
>> >confidence builder have a go at driving over one of your ailerons :-)
>> >
>> Reg
>> T.R.
>>
>>
>
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