To Tony Renshaw in particular
Dear Tony
My stack is more like the wall of a dam - remember it has to have the metal
bar across the top. It slopes down on the front back but is wide across the
fuselage. The sloping sides help you lay the glass as well as spread the
load.
You could make up the stack of ply pieces roughly sized to what you want
with shorter bits of ply toward the bottom where it will be rounded to suit
the bottom of the fuselage and with bits of thin cardboard between to take
up the space of the glass layers. Hold it together with a small bolt; then
shape the piece, rounding the bottom to suit the bottom of the fuselage.
You could arrange a nail, say sticking up from a block of wood under the
fuselage up through the bottom of the fuselage where the bolt is supposed to
go later so you can thread your pieces of ply and glass onto it as you lay
them in flox. That way the pile has to come out exactly as you first made
it!
Best Wishes
J R (Bob) Gowing, UK kit 327 -
Singleton tailwheel in place, splash on pitch structure and pitch limits
set.
Now for setting wing pins.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Renshaw" <tonyrenshaw@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Europa-List: Tailwheel Attachment Ply
<tonyrenshaw@optusnet.com.au>
>
> Gidday,
> I am confused by the longitudinal width of the ply inserts being
determined
> as 40 mm, and yet a side elevation has a conical stack? This would imply
> that they are as long as they are wide. So, do I build it up so that the
> cloth goes through steeper and steeper transitions to cover each and every
> piece of ply, or would it be better to make it more gradual, such as in
the
> conical side elevation. I also figured if I went conical, well I could
bury
> a nut for an invisible tie down point, and have the eyelet bolt attached
to
> my restraint rope, rather than have something hang down in the breeze. Any
> ideas on this one???
>
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Sydney Australia
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