Hi, David.
I responded to Dave off-list because I could not remember (and being at the
office, could not verify) where I put the pins, but I did remember having
two sets of holes. Now, having read your message, I remember why I drilled
and tapped two holes. I chose to take an easier (to my way of thinking
anyhow) approach to fix the pin-to-fuselage-plate mismatch. I made a
threaded aluminum plug to bond into the "spare" hole. After doing a bit of
math on the structural strength of the aluminum plates in the wing root rib
with an extra hole I was satisfied that this was safe.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
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Behalf Of David Glauser
Subject: Re: wing plates
I just drilled my wings a few weeks ago. The correct location is .5 inch
below the center for the front pin. HOWEVER, this may cause you a problem.
When I put the wings on the fuselage and located them properly, the pin hits
the metal fuselage hard point right at the bottom. Had I drilled the pin in
the wing center it would have worked a lot better. I'm guessing that my
fuselage (a really early XS kit) had the metal plates located higher than
later fuselages. At any rate, I had to cut both front plates out of the
fuselage, then put them back in lower and slightly forward of their original
locations. Rather a pain, but since you're doing layups inside and out
anyway, not really all that much more work.
David
A071
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Subject: wing plates
I hope the forum is up and running again
I'm about to drill my wing plates, the classic manual indicates the hole
is centred in the plate, the XS fuselage manual drops it 1/2" below the
centre, but the diagram still shows the hole centered - before I do
something I might regret, can anyone confirm that the holes are now below
the centreline.
On the subject of hinge pin bending, I found bending one end in a vice,
then inserting an overlength section of pin in the hinge and bending this
with a tube with an inside diameter similar to the pin worked, then I cut
the overlength section of the pin off
Dave A061
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