Is it me or is there a problem with the europa list.
I posted a message last night (about the cost of oil pressure senders) and
it has dissapeared somewhere (ie not made it on to the board).
Just wondered - normally it only takes a couple of hours to arrive. The
other possibility is that my extremely efficient spam filter (Deathtospam)
has binned it.
Carl Pattinson
----- Original Message -----
From: "R.C.Harrison" <ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:47 PM
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Trailer caution
>
> Hi! Ferg
> Sorry to hear of your misfortune, you must be "gutted". Just for the
> record my wing carriers are made of spent conveyor belting lined with
> carpet attached by heavy duty upholstery glue. I don't tie the wings
> down but the carriers are about 12"/15" wide thereby spreading the load.
> However since my trailor weighs in, loaded, at about 3 tonnes and has a
> double axle linked weight transfer suspension nowt bounces! I do think
> though that to spread the load is very relevant since it reduces the psi
> point loading on the wing.
> They are also fixed laterally by the pip pins through the spar holes.
> Regards
> Bob Harrison G-PTAG
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fergus Kyle
> Sent: 21 May 2007 15:07
> To: EUROPALIST
> Subject: Europa-List: Trailer caution
>
>
> Cheers,
> Yesterday, a buddy and I went to the airport and recovered the
> Europa wings on the trailer, from the hangar. The intent was to match
> same
> to fuselage for purposes of rationalising feed-through sites for wiring
> and
> odd items. By the way, these and the other surfaces were beautifully
> finished by a local firm to a tough mirror finish.
> All was normal on the 30-minute trek back home, and we unloaded
> same
> onto brackets built to set them vertically (nose-down) prior to
> installing
> them. When we began the sequence, I noticed a discolouration on the port
> leading edge and discovered a smashed leading edge about two inches in
> diameter, right on the leading edge - right down into the blue foam.
> This corresponded to the position of the wing in the rubber
> strap
> (lined with bubble-wrap). I noted that the pip-pin for the strap
> structure
> hinge release sits dead-centre under the strap. Sure enough the strap
> was
> pure (?) rubber and I could stretch it downward with just my fist. There
> is
> no question that, given the odd bump neatly handled by the trailer,
> evolved
> into a surge of the wing down until the pip-pin punctured the wing.
> This is going to lead to at least a week's delay, in rebuilding
> the
> wing and then driving it about 70 miles on country roads to the
> now-retired
> re-finisher. He took the tools/fixtures with him to his home airport.
> So this is a belated warning:
> (a) reposition the clamp-folding pip-pin to another suitable site away
> from
> the wing leading edge, and
> (b) replace the rubbery slings with some (preferably white) rubber with
> cloth reinforcement to resist excess stretching. I'm still going to line
> same with bubble wrap as I have saved acres of it and it works.
> I will be canvassing McMaster-Carr and similar sources for same.
> If
> you are light years ahead of me and already possess same, please advise.
> All advice gratefully accepted.......
> Ferg Kyle
> Classic mono 914 (ten years on 24 May)
>
>
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