On the advice of Kim Prout, based upon his experiences with wear on his
Europa, I did the following:
1) extended the inner hinge reinforcement to 16 inches instead of 8, so I
can install a small third hinge just outboard of the mass balance weight.
2) applied one extra ply to the entire flange/leading edge.
David Glauser
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Subject: Aileron Layups & hinges
I have just completed the top side of my aileron, and I hope to do the
other side tomorrow. I seem to recall some discussions about cracking in
the hinge area and hinge wear. Could anyone offer some suggestions of
things I should be considering ?
Thanks, Paul McAllister (Builder 363)
http://pma.obtero.net
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RE: Aileron Layups hinges
On the advice of Kim Prout, based upon his experiences with wear on his Europa,
I did the following:
1) extended the inner hinge reinforcement to 16 inches instead of 8, so I can
install
a small third hinge just outboard of the mass balance weight.
2) applied one extra ply to the entire flange/leading edge.
David Glauser
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul McAllister [<A HREF"mailto:pma@obtero.net";
TARGET"_blank">mailto:pma@obtero.net]
Subject: Aileron Layups hinges
I have just completed the top side of my aileron, and I hope to do the
other side tomorrow. I seem to recall some discussions about cracking in
the hinge area and hinge wear. Could anyone offer some suggestions of
things I should be considering ?
Thanks, Paul McAllister (Builder 363)
<A HREF"http://pma.obtero.net"; TARGET"_blank">http://pma.obtero.net
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