Graham & Frans, There were more than doubts - the three
alloy plates bonded into the wing root for the lift pin to
be screwed into were so misplaced that the drilled hole
overlapped the edge of one, just reached the edge of
another and was only just missing the third, so seriously
reducing the planned strength of the arrangement. It was
never established definitely but it was thought likely
that the dis -engagement of one tail plane led to a sudden
nose up and o0verstress of the wing structure.
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
GRAHAM SINGLETON <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>
>Frans
> I hope so too, you are a valued member on this forum!
> There was one tragic incident with a Europa Classic, one
>of the rear lift pins pulled out of the threaded plate in
>the wing. There were doubts re original construction but
>nevertheless forward force must have been considerable.
> Graham
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sidsel & Svein Johnsen
><sidsel.svein@oslo.online.no>
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 13:48
> Subject: SV: SV: SV: SV: Europa-List: Re: wing lift/drag
>pins
>
>
>
>Frans,
>
>
>> I don't think the forces are too large anyway, as the
>>original Europa design
>> didn't have the interconnecting bar between the sockets,
>>and the original
>> structure is not really that strong with respect to
>>pulling and pushing forces.
>>
>Frans, please promise that you will not be the first one
>to try that!!
>
> /////////
>
> I prefer to end my limited contribution to this tread
>now, but look very much forward to picking it up again
>over a cold beer at the Vichy fly-in. Perhaps also the
>beers force may be determined by which way we are
>leaning ?
>
> Regards,
> Svein
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