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Re: Europa-List: Setting angle of incidence for bonding spar alignment

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Setting angle of incidence for bonding spar alignment
From: PHILLIPS I <ivor.phillips@ntlworld.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:24:24
Pete
That will be the only way you will get it finished :-)
best wishes on the the 11 start and it will be worth it when complete,

Regards
Ivor phillips
G-IVER

On 30 November 2011 11:26, Peter Zutrauen <peterz@zutrasoft.com> wrote:

> Sorry all, wasn't meant for the list.
>
> Guess that means I *gotta* keep at it now ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Pete
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Peter Zutrauen <peterz@zutrasoft.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> It's great to hear you've got back at it!  Are you going to be updating
>> your website again?
>>
>> My status?  Sadly  still at 1% due to about 10 false starts due to
>> life.   Just bought into a 1946 Canuck tho (created the not for profit
>> "Heritage Fun Fliers Inc", so I'm back flying after a 10 year absence.
>> Quite the motivator!  Now that the snag list on the Canuck is gone, I'm
>> about to try for #11, but this time with the Canuck to spur me onwards, I
>> plan to keep at it.  My website has also been dead for about 10 years too.
>>
>> Cheers & blue skies,
>> Pete :)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Andrew Sarangan <asarangan@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Pete,
>>> Thanks for that response. It is good to know that the drilled holes
>>> are predetermined for the correct angle. My concern actually arose
>>> from reading others' posting that the the pins were difficult to
>>> engage, which I assumed came from small twists during the angle
>>> setting process. These are long bolts, so I suspect even a fraction of
>>> a degree rotation would cause the holes to become misaligned.  If I
>>> could somehow verify using some reference points inside the cockpit
>>> module that the bushes I am about to bond are actually at the correct
>>> angle, that would be a great relief.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Peter Jeffers <pjeffers@talktalk.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi Andrew,
>>> >
>>> > The wing incidence is pre determined by the pre drilled bushes in both
>>> the
>>> > wing spars and the fuselage.  The angle of attack does need to be set
>>> by
>>> > you.  Parallel to the front of the seat back refers to both spars being
>>> > parallel to the seat back when viewed from ABOVE.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hope this will give you a different view on the problem
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Pete  Europa club LAA inspector
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
>>> > [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
>>> Sarangan
>>> > Sent: 29 November 2011 18:57
>>> > To: Europa List
>>> > Subject: Europa-List: Setting angle of incidence for bonding spar
>>> alignment
>>> > bushes
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> asarangan@gmail.com>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I am about to embark on bonding the spar alignment bushes into the
>>> >
>>> > cockpit module (chapter 14). The manual says to set the wing spar
>>> >
>>> > parallel to the front of the seat back, and that this is good enough
>>> >
>>> > for now. That seems rather arbitrary to me, given that the tolerance
>>> >
>>> > required later is 2.5 +/- 0.05 degrees. I am confused how the angle of
>>> >
>>> > incidence can be adjusted in the future with the bushes already bonded
>>> >
>>> > in. Would it not be best if the bushes are bonded after setting the
>>> >
>>> > 2.5 deg incidence? But then I am uncertain how to infer the angle of
>>> >
>>> > incidence with the cockpit module sitting face down on the floor. Any
>>> >
>>> > thoughts from experienced builders would be appreciated!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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