just when you thought that TP12 thread had died a death...
as an alternative to blowing loctite, squeezing down the back or working
through a 4" dia hole, why not cut a hole in the top of the finished fuselage.
before you all shout, no, i have not tried it, and NO, IT IS NOT AN
APPROVED METHOD.
The idea would be to make a vertical cut, 1" in front of the (old)
tailplane bulkhead down to the joggle, then forward level with the joggle for
as long as your forearm plus probably a couple of inches (so's you can
'pull'). With a nice big hole in the top, lean over and pull out whatever
pins/bolts/cable/split pins are required.
When finished, layup either a flange and fasteners, to keep access if you
feel the need, or permamently fix with bid strips, sufficiently large enough
to retain the original fuzz strength, inside and out. The inside ones could
be done through the access panel.
In the UK, the PFA would have to approve this method and of course the
Factory would need to be involved for size of bid strips and whether it is
actually feasable or not.
However, i thought the idea of glass planes was their ease of
repairability, or was that a porky.
yours, waiting to be shot down in flames
chus, dave
g-bxum
kit67
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