FW: KR> KR2 ARTICLE-KITPLANES NOV 2010

2010-10-03 Thread Patrick and Robin Russo
Geez, it comes down to this; does one single bolt and spacer weigh less than two?!! >

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2010-10-03 Thread James Ferris
Where is all this stuff coming from? I got plans for a KR-1 in the mid seventies and have never herd of a wing failer on a KR> Jim - Original Message From: Glenn Martin To: KRnet Sent: Sat, October 2, 2010 9:49:57 PM Subject: Re: FW: KR> KR2 ARTICLE-KITPLANES NOV 2010

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2010-10-02 Thread John Martindale
Hi Glenn Yeh. I think you did but I don't just what :-) I'm pretty sure a bolt in double shear apparently is proportionately stronger than two single ones in single shear of the same dia. I presume the Australian authorities knew what they were on about when they insisted on thisbut then agai

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2010-10-02 Thread Glenn Martin
Pete wrote: >It's the addition of the tube spacer that adds the strength not the > length of the bolt. What it effectively does is take an area that has > two potential failure modes and replaces it with one. > Cheers. > O k..but that is not SHEAR STRENGTH we're talking about, and I cant se

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2010-10-02 Thread Pete
It's the addition of the tube spacer that adds the strength not the length of the bolt. What it effectively does is take an area that has two potential failure modes and replaces it with one. Cheers. Peter Bancks. Ballina, Oz. On 3/10/2010 12:49, Glenn Martin wrote: > I can see how a thicker

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2010-10-02 Thread Glenn Martin
John Martindale wrote: > A long time ago before "experimental" came along (like in the 1980s), the > Australian authorities did mandate a change to the bolt arrangement that > specified a spacer tube between each pair of WAFs and a longer single > through bolt instead of two short independent bolts

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2010-10-02 Thread John Martindale
Hi Mark A long time ago before "experimental" came along (like in the 1980s), the Australian authorities did mandate a change to the bolt arrangement that specified a spacer tube between each pair of WAFs and a longer single through bolt instead of two short independent bolts. I think this ref