Although stainless is tough it is not nearly as hard as an AN bolt. In wing attach fittings all you are interested in is shear strength. I personally wouldn't think of using anything but an unmolested AN bolt for this particular application. Bobby
> Wicks has SS bolts listed as AN bolts. Does this mean they have the same > properties as the non AN bolts they list? > Mike Turner > Jackson, Missouri > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:12 PM > Subject: Re: KR> Reamers > > >> Don Lively wrote: >> >>> There is not mutch I can do there but the SS bolts should solve the >>> corrosion issue og the bolts. I know they may be a little softer but I >>> feltthey would probably be OK. anyway. >> >> What kind of stainless? There's typically a pretty big difference in >> the >> properties of stainless and something like an AN bolt. >> >> Mark Langford, Harvest, AL >> see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com >> email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
