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keithhickling(at)clear.ne
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: Europa front wing pins

Hi everyone,

  

 I bonded the wing and flap pins in yesterday, and  today did a trial fit of the wings as described in the manual. After setting the  wing incidence to 2.5 deg, I marked the wing root profile on the fuselage. The  manual then says to mark where the front wing pins touch the fuselage, remove  the wings, and drill a 13 mm hole in the fuselage (through the  hardpoint) for the pins. My pins do not touch the fuselage - even with the  wings pushed right into the spar caps and the spar bushes aligned with the  seatback alignment bushes, there is about 3 mm clearance between the fuse and  the tip of the pins. And I am a little confused, because the manual then goes on  to describe possibly having to make shims to fill the gap between the socket and  the fuselage. If that is necessary, I can't see that the pins would be going to  pass through the shims and the fuselage (unless perhaps longer pins were used  previously). And the figures in the manual do not show a hole through the shims  as would be needed if the pins go through the fuselage. 

  

 Can you help my confusion here? Do other's  front wing pins go through the fuselage?

  

 Keith Hickling,

 New Zealand.

 Kit 613..

  



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fklein(at)orcasonline.com
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: Europa front wing pins

Dan,



Thanks much for your thorough and detailed posting...it's a keeper!



Fred

A194



DO NOT ARCHIVE



On Friday, September 8, 2006, at 10:28 AM, danbish wrote:



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 Hi Keith,



 I had a devil of a time with this step so I can speak from experience. 

 The short answer to your question is that you don't really have to 

 worry about marking the fuselage. If the pins don't contact the 

 fuselage, you don't need a hole. Just mix up some redux, set the 

 incidence, and bond the socket to the fuse. Read below for more detail 

 on this.

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VE3LVO(at)rac.ca
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:26 am Post subject: Europa front wing pins

Fred,

            I read the above exchange and cringe at the time I took to 

accurately set the angle (I think we were taught as the "rigger's angle of 

Incudence" but not sure). Slow learner!

            Anyway, just a thought - it might be a good idea to log your 

found horizontal datum, and to photograph the 2.5deg (or whatever) on the 

incliometer for the inspector's ease of mind. I did this for both wings and 

am glad I did as my inspector seemed most relieved to see proof.

Ferg Kyle

Europa A064 914 Classic

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