Amen to that, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 1, 2014, at 7:14 AM, Rowland Carson
><rowlandcarson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There doesn't seem to be any explicit advice about
>>trimming that area in the manual, but fig 8 on page 23M-5
>>seems to suggest that a 25mm flange is OK, since the BID
>>tapes it illustrates going across the joint are only 50mm
>>wide.
>
> RowlandIMHO, it is a real stretch to interpret fig. 8
>as "a suggestion that a 25 mm flange is OKpersonally, I
>would not consider trimming the top fuselage flange at
>the firewall for even a nanosecond, given its obvious
>contribution to the rigidity to the airframeI read fig.
>8 as an un-dimensioned illustration of the relationships
>of the various components at this critical
>intersectionnothing more...Fred
>
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