No Problem !
This is the position of the Mono Wheel Outriggers, the attachment and struc
ture in the wing was set up to take the loads from that.
Only point I will make, Bob must have had an early Mono Kit with the Alloy
latch block [ that he has drilled though for the eye bolt] Trigear Kits hav
e a plastic [ spacer ] block, later Mono Kits had a three piece[ tufnel / h
ardened steel / tufnel ] latch block assembly. You won't drill though it i
f you have converted from a Mono and left the steel latch block in place !
I suggest Trigear owners do what I do, back up the plastic with an alloy pl
ate to spread the load. I also put a tube guide down to near the fairing to
help find the hole.
Check you have three bolts through each bracket to the embedded plates in t
he wing.
Cheers,
Nev.
-----Original Message-----
From: Frans Veldman <frans@privatepilots.nl>
Sent: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:14
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Eye bolt tie down through wing/flap hinge block (
trike only)
On 11/18/2011 08:04 PM, Bob Harrison wrote:
Hi! Herewith a photo of the tie down location on the wing/flap hinge bloc
k
on G-PTAG .
Ehm, the flap hinge is designed for holding the flap in position. Tying
own the aircraft with it imposes the hinge to possible jerking loads,
n a different angle than the hinge is supposed to receive during its
ntended use. I remember some notes about not using pencil marks on this
pparently sensitive and critical part. Can anyone make an educated
uess whether using this part as tie down point would not compromise the
ttachment or strength of the hinge?
Frans
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