Mike,
I found that too. I attached a number of lines to the cockpit
overhead panel (at the rear) and stretched same to the stern bulkhead. It
seemed to reduce the gap to about 3/16. I cleco-ed the result and
retightened the day I attached the top. There was some flexibility there. I
presumed the 'rigger's angle of incidence' was controllable by means of the
flying stab.
Ferg
A064
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From: <DuaneFamly@aol.com>
Subject: Europa-List: Joggle Joint
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| Good day All,
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| I have been putting the top on and off several times now to get things
just
| right. One thing that I have noticed is that while all the horizontal
epoxy
| joints seem to line up, the joggle joint doesn't seem to be fully
overlapped.
| With all things in set, the front lip to the firewall clecoed in place,
and
| the trailing edge of the fin lining up, I still get only about a 60%
overlap
| in the joggle area. That's about a 3/8" (10mm) gap that does not provide
| strength. Have others had this problem? Is it a problem? Getting closer
to bonding
| on the top and was just a little concerned.
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| Mike Duane A207
| Redding, California
| XS Conventional Gear
| Just about to put the top on but still finding little things to do before
| that.
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