Thanks Kevin,
It is good to hear of a few others seeing this too.
It looks like I chose a familiar fix-it route, thanks for the confirmation.
Regards,
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Kevin
Klinefelter
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: mounting quick-connect bellcrank brackets into
Sounds like you have it figured out. The brackets on mine came out very
similar to yours, as I recall. I called the factory and they said just
file off the corners so they do not touch the canoe.
Kevin
Greg Fuchs (FB) wrote:
<gregoryf.flyboy@comcast.net>
>
> First of all, thanks for all the comments so far.
>
> I just measured the distance between the two top outboard edges of the
> cockpit bellcrank bracket, and compared that with the bottom two. If they
> were parallel, I would expect the values to be close. (unless it was a
> parallelogram, but then only one side would be affected this way, with
> respect to the lower bracket, and this is not the case) The distances came
> in at just over 42 1/4" for the top, and just shy of 42 3/8" for the
bottom.
> Thus they are off only by 1/8" tops. The bottom dimension is the longer
> dimension, and the bottom side of the bracket(bellcrank end) is the side
> that hits up against the fuselage, not the top side that I said earlier.
> Since test fitting into the actual boat shell was SO close to working, I
> ground 1/8" from just the corner of the 3mm plywood and metal. This needed
> to be done on both sides, since they were both touching. This will have
> negligible effect on the strength of the bracket, which will be
> bond-strengthened later, and am satisfied that everything clears now, and
> can move on without worry.
>
> What this tells me:
>
> At least with MY cockpit module, had I gotten both brackets perfectly
> vertical and square with each other (the manual just says to visually
align
> them), I feel there could still be a slight push on one or both of the
> brackets by the fuselage shell when bonding the cockpit module in, and it
> may also depend on rivet location when bonding, or the squeezing applied
by
> the fuselage holder, etc. We are talking 1/8" or less here, so it is not
> much. I am pretty convinced now that if the problem exists in other
modules,
> and not caught, many others may have had a small bellcrank alignment issue
> after bonding due to this reason. It would have a tendency to separate the
> bellcranks from mating, by only a small extra amount. If the distance
> between the top brackets (with respect to the aircraft) was the longer
> dimension by 1/8", this problem would probably go away. Any more than
that,
> might start to make the top part of the bracket touch.
>
> Regards,
> Greg Fuchs (A050)
>
>
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