Pietenpol-List: T nuts
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:51 pm
Original Posted By: "walt"
That's what distinguishes all ingeniously practical solutionsOscar. No goobering that I can see.Too late for me, I've used drilled head bolts myself.My bolts go through the cross piece which I placed rightunder the leading edge. There is a ply filler on both top andbottom of the thin part behind the actual "leading edge". TheT nuts are just inside the ends of the cross piece so drillingfrom the bottom was no problem with a long extension onthe bit.There is, on top of that area, a 1/8" gusset from 4" ahead ofthe LE to 4" behind so it's plenty strong enough to hold thestab down. Especialy when you consider the original donewith #7 screws. Done this way means no compromise ofstrength in the longerons. I don't like the idea of 3/16"holes through them. By the way, if you want to screw itjust use #8. Don't sweat it, the diameter difference isnegligable.Unfortunately I never thought to document this area inpictures. I'll do that next week after I get back fromcamping with the kids. Well, they're kids to me. :-)I didn't mess with the seat back. It's firmly glued in.I have made access through the bottom as Mr C did.Both seat bottoms are screwed down as there is stuffunder them.I am in the process of cabling the tailwheel rightthrough to the bar. It's pretty close to a straight run.It will require only a slight bend through a fairlead.My rudder cables are pretty much straight from thebar, through the seat back by my hips to a fairlead justabove the elevator bellcrank then on to the rudder. Thisfairlead is there only to clear this cable from the topelevator one. Now you know why I'm not going to tryto splice the tailwheel cable to it. Could get messy.Besides, what's the diff in weight between a few feetof cable and all that splicing stuff?Clif, off to camp out in the rain.Hey, this IS the wet coast!>>> Shows you what a country goober I am. I just took the tee nuts and gave > the ends a slight crimp in the vise to make them semi-self-locking. A dab > of Locktite (not the permanent stuff) might also do.>> Oscar Zuniga> Air Camper NX41CC> San Antonio, TX> mailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.com> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:40:11 -0400
That's what distinguishes all ingeniously practical solutionsOscar. No goobering that I can see.Too late for me, I've used drilled head bolts myself.My bolts go through the cross piece which I placed rightunder the leading edge. There is a ply filler on both top andbottom of the thin part behind the actual "leading edge". TheT nuts are just inside the ends of the cross piece so drillingfrom the bottom was no problem with a long extension onthe bit.There is, on top of that area, a 1/8" gusset from 4" ahead ofthe LE to 4" behind so it's plenty strong enough to hold thestab down. Especialy when you consider the original donewith #7 screws. Done this way means no compromise ofstrength in the longerons. I don't like the idea of 3/16"holes through them. By the way, if you want to screw itjust use #8. Don't sweat it, the diameter difference isnegligable.Unfortunately I never thought to document this area inpictures. I'll do that next week after I get back fromcamping with the kids. Well, they're kids to me. :-)I didn't mess with the seat back. It's firmly glued in.I have made access through the bottom as Mr C did.Both seat bottoms are screwed down as there is stuffunder them.I am in the process of cabling the tailwheel rightthrough to the bar. It's pretty close to a straight run.It will require only a slight bend through a fairlead.My rudder cables are pretty much straight from thebar, through the seat back by my hips to a fairlead justabove the elevator bellcrank then on to the rudder. Thisfairlead is there only to clear this cable from the topelevator one. Now you know why I'm not going to tryto splice the tailwheel cable to it. Could get messy.Besides, what's the diff in weight between a few feetof cable and all that splicing stuff?Clif, off to camp out in the rain.Hey, this IS the wet coast!>>> Shows you what a country goober I am. I just took the tee nuts and gave > the ends a slight crimp in the vise to make them semi-self-locking. A dab > of Locktite (not the permanent stuff) might also do.>> Oscar Zuniga> Air Camper NX41CC> San Antonio, TX> mailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.com> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:40:11 -0400