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Subject: Europa-List: Aileron pushrod ends, poor fit
From: Graham Singleton <graham@gflight.f9.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:01:50

><rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
>
>Finished with my aileron pushrod tubes over the weekend. The fit was 
>pretty sloppy
>between the ends and the tube, over .025 slop.
>
>Neville suggested I smear in some Redux and partial pull the rivets, wait 
>for cure
>and then fully cure. I suppose that would work.

I hope everyone uses jointing compound anyway. Duralac is a messy chromate 
paste which helps prevent corrosion due to different metals being in 
electrical contact. Carbon fibre parts also cause corrosion of metal parts, 
especially steel.
Where two conducting objects are in contact and there is water around, a 
small battery is created, the resulting current causes the corrosion.
Sorry about the clumsy description, I can't remember the technical words.
Graham 


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