The official Factory response seems to be to that poor build technique is
to blame.
I find this difficult to believe. Conversely, I can't get the fitting to
fail by means of calculation, even allowing a reasonable factor for
hammering of a slightly loose pin.
Personally I'm going for the "shit-or-bust" method; as soon as the Factory
can supply the Loctite.
Duncan McFadyean
On Friday, January 11, 2002 12:22 PM, Bob Harrison
[SMTP:ptag.dev@ukonline.co.uk] wrote:
>
> Hi! Guys.
> I have already fitted one set of oversize pins to G-PTAG. Infact at the
> time of final inspection
> since I had power drilled the holes instead of hand reeming them. The
> replacement pin on the Port side needed driving in with a hammer, yet I
> still had a miniscule ammount of play on the Starboard side, so I
carefully
> applied locktite to that side.(It is would still be possible to dismantle
> the assembly so long as only one side is permantly fixed)
> Anyway here I am with the new flying season in sight and annual
inspection
> imminent and I find that both sides are now loose again!
> I find it interesting why there isn't much "chat" from other long hours
> Europa operators as to their similar problems?
> Perhaps floating this question will promote some :-
> a) Discussion
> b) Reports of others experiences to date?
>
> best regards
>
> Bob Harrison G-PTAG
>
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