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Subject: Re: Europa-List: More Mod 78 Fun!
From: Peter Zutrauen <peterz@zutrasoft.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:28:27
Hi Dave,

Sorry to hear of your fitment challenges RRD indeed!

Just curious if you heard back from Charlie regarding his ballpark figure?

Cheers and blue skies,
Pete


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:15 PM, djaflyact <djaflyact@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Today, I have determined that the next wing to go into the fuselage will
> not work. I made a board the right thickness and did a trial run. It looked
> like it it wasn't going to fit and the board verified. The problem is the
> aileron control arm bolts (CS08). It looks like it might clear the CS08
> arm, but not the bolt heads.
>
> There are some possibilities to address this new problem. Replace the AN
> bolts with counter sunk screws. That might not be enough and the CS08
> bracket might be too close to the spar.
>
> How about bending (adjusting) the CS08 bracket? The starboard CS08 has
> plenty of clearance and could be bent forward to allow more clearance of
> the cross link with the fuel tank. The port S08 could be bent toward the
> rear to allow more clearance to the new spar. It has plenty of clearance
> with the fuel tank.
>
> Anybody know if the CS08 arms  can be removed? That would make modifying
> them easier. Any ideas for tweaking them in place?
>
> As Rozanna Rozanna Danna used to say - "If its not one thing, its
> something else!"
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
> A227
> Mini U2
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=414373#414373
>
>


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