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John Hauck
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:46 am Post subject: Landing gear |
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Herb:
Fortunately, I was in the process of building my US wings when Dennis Souder broke the factory US. Yes, I got the drag strut braces and insured they were installed correctly.
john h
mkIII
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Brings up 'nuther question...Did you have the braces on the drag spar? Also wondering if my 24 foot wing span will be as susceptible to the twist? Logically it would not..
Herb
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Dana
Joined: 13 Dec 2007
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Location: Connecticut, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject: Landing gear |
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At 01:37 PM 1/16/2009, william sullivan wrote:
| Quote: | Dana- Has yours been fixed?
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Fixed what?
-Dana
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Dana
Joined: 13 Dec 2007
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Location: Connecticut, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject: Landing gear |
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At 01:55 PM 1/16/2009, herb wrote:
| Quote: | Also Dana and John...I am planning to use a set of modified ultra star
root ribs on my Firefly/Firestar /ultrastar Tri Fly hybrid... Is the
US "h" section sort of root attachment to spar considered to be
inferior...Looks plenty strong to me.
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It's strong enough, but it (apparently) doesn't provide sufficient
resistance to twisting. One solution is described here:
http://tinyurl.com/ultrastar-wing-spar-collar
I haven't done this mod on my plane (yet), I want to look at it and maybe
come up with a simpler solution.
-Dana
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williamtsullivan(at)att.n
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject: Landing gear |
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Dana- I was asking if you had made the wing root modification on your US. I seem to remember this discussion from about a year ago.
I checked the Firestar wings, and they have the "ring" mount that John described. The tail has the twin tubes instead of the ring, so this thing looks to have been built fairly early.
Bill Sullivan
Windsor Locks, Ct.
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Dana
Joined: 13 Dec 2007
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Location: Connecticut, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: Landing gear |
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At 06:07 PM 1/16/2009, william sullivan wrote:
| Quote: | Dana- I was asking if you had made the wing root modification on your
US. I seem to remember this discussion from about a year ago.
I checked the Firestar wings, and they have the "ring" mount that John
described. The tail has the twin tubes instead of the ring, so this
thing looks to have been built fairly early.
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No, no ring on mine. I can visibly see the wing twist if I use full
aileron at speed. The tail attachment should be fine as is, but the wing
root is a good thing to have.
-Dana
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