That is what I did. Bottom had a twist. Corrected when glueing the top on.
During building I hung a water pail on one of the tail plane stubs to keep
the open canoe straight.
Christoph Both
#223 Wolfville Nova Scotia Canada
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On Jul 17, 2014, at 9:13, "GRAHAM SINGLETON" <grahamsingleton@btinternet.co
m<mailto:grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>> wrote:
Tony
have you had the top Clecoed on? It should be possible to correct the twist
in the fuselage and lock it level when you finally bond the top on.
Graham
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From: Tony Renshaw <tonyrenshaw268@gmail.com<mailto:tonyrenshaw268@gmail.co
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Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2014, 11:39
Subject: Europa-List: Tailplane twist
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Gidday,
Whilst trying to sort out a difference in the trailing edges of my stabilat
ors/elevators, port one being higher, when I knew my jigs etc for setting u
p this sort of thing was meticulous, if not my strength, I should probably
have been a jig builder not an aircraft builder, I came up with a possible
solution I=92d like to air. So, I noticed my tailplanes were not level when
my wings were. I have removed my torque tube pin receptacles from the por
t root closeouts, and I endeavoured to get the stabs level prior to rebound
ing in the receptacles when I realised I could lift the port tailplane, try
ing to take up slack in the elongated pin receptacle holes, and I noticed t
he stud tailplane also moved. It was then I realised the lifting of the por
t tailplane, from below, was rocking the entire tail, torque tube and all.
The lower fuselage hemisphere has a twist in it, or so it seems. I don=92t
quite know how this has now occurred, as I know I would have put my tailpla
ne torque tube in !
level, but now its not. Had I left it the way it was, and didn=92t do the d
rive pin repair, it would have had the Port tailplane higher than the left,
and combined with single pilot weight asymmetric loading, would have helpe
d to created unwanted roll.
So, I now am thinking I might do a DNA mod, like the visualisation of two l
adders held 180 degrees opposed down the sides of a column, and then the co
lumn twisted, and removed, leaving twisted ladders. If I do something simil
ar with an inert substrate, perpendicular to the floor, and twisted up from
baggage bay to tail, with a 2 ply fence layup, say 1=94 high on both sides
, forgoing a 1-2 kg penalty, would that not be a worthwhile outcome? It mig
ht only be on the lower half of the fuse, but I suspect it will hold the ta
il section true. I also am aware the top hemisphere might act like a contin
ual, banded row of fences, and to that end I need the advice of the list. S
hould I just jig the lower fuse, the tailplane torque tube, and get the geo
metry sorted accordingly, and bond the top on to hold it all =93without=94
the twist?
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