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Re: Europa-List: Spar bolts tight

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Spar bolts tight
From: John Heykoop <john.heykoop@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:24:57

Graeme

I rig my aircraft single handed, and find that the only way I can get the spar
pins in is to initially use a tapered pin on the starboard side. Then, once the
port pin is fully home I put a support under the starboard wing, pull out the
tapered starboard pin and replace it with the Allen pin. Works every time.

John Heykoop
XS Mono G-JHKP

On 10 Sep 2011, at 18:33, "graeme bird" <graeme@gdbmk.co.uk> wrote:

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> My paperwork is in for flight test approval but I find the spar bolts very 
> hard
to get in particularly now as I have trimmed the starboard one to length and
no longer have a long feathered end to pull it in and also have put the spar
strap on.
> It seems to be a job pulling in the last mm and I wondered if anyone has used
straps and a ratchet ? 
> Also I find the stabilizers hard to get on and off, again its the last half 
> inch
or so - the pins seem tight and there is nothing much to push on.
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> Graeme Bird
> G-UMPY
> Mono Classic/XS FWFD 912ULS/Warp drive FP
> Build nearing completion
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=351902#351902
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