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RE: Europa-List: Trouble fitting wing spars to cockpit module

Subject: RE: Europa-List: Trouble fitting wing spars to cockpit module
From: Peter Zutrauen <peterz@zutrasoft.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:09:58

>>  I asked the factory whether I should replace the bush and was told that a 
>> little
>> play was quite acceptable, in fact they were considering ovalising the holes
>> a little to allow the spars to flex a bit so I have left them as they were.

hmmm .... I wonder what direction of flex the factory is referring to?  If it's
in the veritcal axis, and with only two pins holding the spars, how is flex 
effected
by the pins? If it's in the longitudinal axis, then why should the spars
be flexing with the pip-pins holding the sweep constant?

Confused,
Pete
A239




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