Cheers,
I wrote a few weeks ago regarding having jammed a tapered pintle
into the port wing pip-pin assembly - and eventually fabricating a hacksaw
blade on an 18inch handle with which to cut bits off till it pushed through
and fell onto the belly floor.
I promised a description when success crowned our work but
better sense suggested "forget it". It's out.
However another dogged challenge has dragged into days when the
weather is perfect and we just can't get it going......
Port wing slid into place most obediently, but when we attempted to install
the starboard pinion, the front and rear lift pins wandered into place but
the flap pin just would not enter its drive by more than1/4 inch (6mm).
There it jammed, and trying to jolly it in actually drove the flap outboard
where it interfered with the aileron inner face. I cleaned up the electrical
lines in case they interfered but success - came there none.
We checked the drive to be clear, and it accepted an accurate
one-half-inch tube happily, but balked repeatedly at the flap pin. There was
discussion of a 'bent pin', or at least one at an unacceptable angle.
This was followed by advice to detach the flap, introduce it to the drive
and then follow with the wing itself - and re-attach the flap. That might
work but would be a nag each time.
If you have encountered this, please tell me the answer. The
hangar vigilantes (s0me) claim the flap pin is either bent or is crooked,
but it wasn't a problem earlier.
Because of the fine tolerances involved, I thought to change the
pin end silhouette from semi-spherical to bullet-shaped - with the hope it
would slide into place more easily - BUT am afraid to work the surface of
the pin without consulting the odd oracle (in caser it's plated or
something).
What say you? All suggestions treated with care and respect.
Ferg,
mono 914 CS prop
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