Hi! Rowland
Mine was 250mm excepting I used my usual "poetic license" which would
have allowed adequate wrap round with the peel ply. However too much
between the port spa and the seat back bulkhead may result in difficulty
entering the port spa tip into it's receptacle socket on the starboard
side. After all if properly prepared and adequately bonded to the top
and bottom dimensions of the port spa then the strength of the wrap
round may well be a side issue anyway. The likely forces would be
parallel to the lay up and not in shear thereby making the wrap round
irrelevant other than for psychological satisfaction !
As to why you had problems with the manual I can't say but of course
adding all this "poetry" up makes for a heavy build ! .....But for me
it's not so much the weight but the strength that is more important
overall!
REGARDS
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Rowland &
Wilma Carson
Sent: 25 October 2008 08:59
Subject: Re: Europa-List: when to attach spar strap
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>The exact time to do the spar strap is up to you
I've just done the spar strap layup, but had to repeat it. Why?
Because my paper manual calls for the strap to be 250mm x 90mm. When
I draped that on, it barely went around the back of the port spar and
the short flaps wouldn't stay in place at all without peel-ply
wrapped around. After I'd left it to cure, I checked the later PDF
manual on disc, and found it called for 350m x 90mm! So I rushed back
to the garage and pulled off the peel-ply & strap layup and quickly
did another to the larger measurements. Fortunately the bracket layup
wasn't disturbed too much by the ripping apart, and it was still
tacky when I draped on the strap for the second time.
Why didn't the factory make more of an announcement about such an
important error in the manual?
Has anyone else made a spar strap to the 250mm dimension & not
realised it is wrong?
regards
Rowland
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