John,
I too found the wing spar to cockpit module set-up quite tight( little
tolerance). I ended up tapping the 1/2 inch bolts in with a hammer. By
lifting or depressing the wing tips slightly I was able to unbind the pins.
Still not a slip in, slip out operation. When setting up the wings to the
fuselage I had the same to problem . I suspect later there will be more
adjustments made to allow ease of placement. I would be curious to know how
many US builders that are flying leave their planes rigged all the time
making this subject irrelevant.
craig ellison
a205
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From: <TELEDYNMCS@aol.com>
Subject: Europa-List: Trouble fitting wing spars to cockpit module
>
> Greetings to the new forum host.
>
> I was working on fitting my wings to the cockpit module today in prep for
> bonding spar cups in place and I can't seem to get the wings to pin to the
> cockpit module. The wings will pin to each other, although it is a very
tight
> fit. Each wing individually will pin to the cockpit module, but the combo
is
> extremely tight. Either pin will go all the way in through both spars and
the
> cockpit mondule, but the other, regardless of direction of insertion,
won't
> go "home".
>
> I set the cockpit module bushes using the dummy spar and the supplied 1/2
> bolts. The holes for the bushes were already drilled and the tollerence
with
> the bush was tight, certainly not enough slop to cause the misalignment
I'm
> experiencing. The dummy spar also appears to fit the wings and the cockpit
> module perfectly in dry runs. The only thing I can figure is the cockpit
> module bush holes were slightly incorrectly set at the factory.
>
> My sailplane experience says not to ream the bushes lest ye wind up with
> loose fitting wings. Anybody else had this problem and if so what'd you do
> about it?
>
> John Lawton
> Dunlap, TN
> A-245
>
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