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Re: Re: Europa-List: Tailwheel Attachment Ply

Subject: Re: Re: Europa-List: Tailwheel Attachment Ply
From: JR Bob Gowing <gowingjr@acr.net.au>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 08:42:31

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J R (Bob) Gowing, Secretary, Rotary Club of Bega NSW, District 9710
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Subject: Re: Re: Europa-List: Tailwheel Attachment Ply


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> Dear Tony
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> My stack is more like the wall of a dam - remember it has to have the
metal
> bar across the top. It slopes down on the front back but is wide across
the
> fuselage. The sloping sides help you lay the glass as well as spread the
> load.
>
> You could make up the stack of ply pieces roughly sized to what you want
> with shorter bits of ply toward the bottom where it will be rounded to
suit
> the bottom of the fuselage and with bits of thin cardboard between to take
> up the space of the glass layers. Hold it together with a small bolt; then
> shape the piece, rounding the bottom to suit the bottom of the fuselage.
> You could arrange a nail, say sticking up from a block of wood under the
> fuselage up through the bottom of the fuselage where the bolt is supposed
to
> go later so you can thread your pieces of ply and glass onto it as you lay
> them in flox. That way the pile has to come out exactly as you first made
> it!
>
> Best Wishes
> J R (Bob) Gowing, UK kit 327 -
> Singleton tailwheel in place, splash on pitch structure and pitch limits
> set.
> Now for setting wing pins.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Renshaw" <tonyrenshaw@optusnet.com.au>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Europa-List: Tailwheel Attachment Ply
>
>
> <tonyrenshaw@optusnet.com.au>
> >
> > Gidday,
> > I am confused by the longitudinal width of the ply inserts being
> determined
> > as 40 mm, and yet a side elevation has a conical stack? This would imply
> > that they are as long as they are wide. So, do I build it up so that the
> > cloth goes through steeper and steeper transitions to cover each and
every
> > piece of ply, or would it be better to make it more gradual, such as in
> the
> > conical side elevation. I also figured if I went conical, well I could
> bury
> > a nut for an invisible tie down point, and have the eyelet bolt attached
> to
> > my restraint rope, rather than have something hang down in the breeze.
Any
>
> > ideas on this one???
> >
> > Reg
> > Tony Renshaw
> > Sydney Australia
>
>
> RANDOM_
>
>




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