I agree with those thoughts. It sounds like you have put the nuts on the outside of the spar instead of the inside. i.e. inside the wing. If so this is a no no and will be very dangerous as the load will be taken by the floxed area whereas it should be taken by the spar supporting the nut from behind the spar. warren shapcott new zealand zk-krj
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Kraut [mailto:eng...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2003 2:57 p.m. To: KR builders and pilots Subject: Re: KR>Ailerons I am a bit confused on the router bit to make a socket for the nut plates. It sounds by your description that you cut a socket and floxed in the nut plates on the outside, i.e. the aft side on the wing and the forward side on the aileron, instead of putting them on the inside where the screw goes through the wood spar and then into the nut plate. I say this because I can see no reason to cut out a socket for the nut plate. Am I just confused by your description? Timothy Bellville wrote: >Ok Guys , I'm back from the Holy land and making great progress on N7038V. >I have turned my attention to the hinge mounts for the Ailerons, and per some suggestions to correct the "rivet" installation, I have begun to flox in the nut plates to the spars. >I would like to repeat my steps for you, and welcome input. > >First, I removed the rivets from one side of one of the four hinges to maintain alignment. >Then I drilled out the holes to 7/32" , and placed the two lug nut plates in the holes,then check to see if the holes in the hinge were on center. >I then used #2 ss screws to hold the plates down, and traced the outline of them, then removed them. >Using a dremal and a router bit, I made sockets for them to be recessed below the top of the spar, and then reinstalled them with the screws in the mounting lugs. >I then folded the hinge back down to check alignment and flushness. >I dipped the 8-32 truss head machine screws in wax the lightly screwed them in the nut plates. >Lastly I mix some "West systems" epoxy with flox to a peanut butter consistency, and with a wood trowel filled the holes and encapsulated the nut plates. >I then used the remaining mixture to make a test piece, to test the strength to destruction,of this type of installation. >Anyone see any problems? >Thanks >Timothy Bellville >KR2 N7038V >Toledo , Ohio >_______________________________________________ >see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
