Dan,
I got to the exact same point as you and had the same problem last fall (It
was off by about 1/16" on the starboard side). I haven't tried to fit the
wings, but I wonderd if one or both of the aileron bellcranks (W16) on the
wing spars were contacting the aileron bellcrank in the fuselage just a
fraction of an inch too soon. Everything looks clear with no obvious
obstruction. My plan is too remove the aileron W16 brackets on the spars
for the next trial fit too see if it all goes together as intended. If so,
I'll relocate the aileron bellcrank on the spar by a small amount. I'm
hoping it's just the starboard one.
I'm watching all the responses to this one with high interest.
Dan Geldermann
A-139
N918DJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "N914RB" <n914rb@earthlink.net>
Subject: Europa-List: Trouble fitting wings to fuselage
>
> Hi everybody,
>
>
> I found a thread in the archives about trouble fitting the wings into the
> fuselage but didn't come up with anything that addressed my situation.
>
>
> The cockpit module is installed and I have the top temporarily on and
> snug.
> Following the instructions to set the wing incidence, I've attempted to
> insert the wings and insert the pins to hold everything in place while
> trial
> positioning and fitting the wing root pins.
>
>
> Outside the fuselage, the wing bushings line up fine, and using the two
> large pins supplied, can get them to go through both bushings on each
> side,
> although they are VERY tight.
>
>
> When installing the wings on the plane, however, it takes quite a bit of
> jiggling to get the port pin to go in the hole, then upon inserting the
> starboard wing and shoving it in as far as possible, the holes just won't
> line up. It'll go through the hole on the port spar, but not the one on
> the
> starboard spar. It's about 1/8" shy of going in enough to line up.
>
>
> I've reduced material at the end of both spars, removed a bit off the top
> and bottom of certain areas of the spar that seemed to be making bad
> contact
> with the fuselage opening, and sanded the openings themselves. My building
> buddy, another Europa builder, and I are scratching our heads on this one.
> If they go together outside the fuse, they should go together inside it.
> Right?
>
>
> It can't be where the holes are located inside the cockpit module as those
> lines up fine with the first spar bushing. We just can't get the starboard
> wing to go in enough for the bushings on that spar to line up. Even if we
> do
> get them lined up, it's a bear to get those pins in and out.
>
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
>
> Dan Bish
>
> Kit A144
>
> Tucson, AZ, USA
>
> Mono, short wing.
>
>
>
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