Subject: | Re: Tailplanes |
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From: | JW <xs191@attbi.com> |
Date: | Sat, 19 Jan 2002 00:15:10 |
Jim. Perhaps I missed it, but I haven't seen you enter this lengthy thread with an opinion on the fix, or build technique to avoid the problem in the first place. Jeff Jim Thursby wrote: > Hi All, > Somebody asked recently about tail plane pins elongating in flying > aircraft. I was flying a customer's plane for photo sorties at sun&fun 2000 > and upon post-flight inspection noticed a 2 / 21/2 inch length of play in > the left hand stab. While flying formation with the plane I had experienced > a slight stick "snatch" that I attributed to turbulence from the lead > aircraft. I was not a happy camper upon discovering what I believe to be the > actual cause. It was fixed and flies happily as we speak. It does happen and > I know of at least one other flying aircraft and three in progress that have > experienced this. > > Jim Thursby > |
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