[image: Inline image 1]I am so pleased Dave is flying. I set myself a
task,over the Christmas holidays, of fitting my newly modified (Mod 78)
wings on the fuselage for the first time.
Bushes bonded in and cured I moved on swiftly to align the wings only to
find the Port wing seeming to be 1" further forward at the reference point
than the Starboard wing. This means that the gap for the new front right
mount will not even take the mount let alone the layups, the rear right gap
is correspondingly too much. The right wing sits really well both bush gaps
as expected.
I have tied the wings forward to ensure no rearwards movement of the spars.
I have had my remote camera in to cross check.
I have a grave fear that my port spar has sagged but cannot work out how.
I suppose a shim on the port spar inner bush front face will cure this, can
any one think of something else, I have rigged and de rigged 4 times with
different helpers.
Alan Twigg
kit 463 and full of dread.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:06 PM, GRAHAM SINGLETON <
grahamsingleton@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Dave
> did the wings bend much at 3 G? Stiffening the spar stubs should help
> to give more bend and a slightly softer ride.
> Graham
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> *Sent:* Monday, 30 December 2013, 3:31
> *Subject:* Europa-List: Re: Mod 7 flight ready
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> The Phoenix has risen from the ashes. Test flight this morning went very
> well. No issues and no significant changes.
>
> I was able to pull 3.1 Gs. That is quite a bit of pull. This was both in a
> wind-up turn and a straight ahead pull. I didn't feel the need to go
> beyond that level. Its quite a dramatic maneuver. Stall characteristics
> normal. Trim settings unchanged from pre mod 78.
>
> It took a few days less than 3 months to complete this. Too many hours to
> fathom. I hope there are no more such modification to come in the future.
> Anything else down the road should seem like a walk in the park compared to
> this.
>
> I still officially like the change of bolts to flush screws on the CS08
> brackets. Piece of mind.
>
>
> Thanks to Neville and Bud for all their invaluable help.
>
> Dave
> A227
> Mini U2 - 30 more minutes of flight time than 3 months ago!
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