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Subject: Europa-List: Pins Not Fitting
From: Graham Singleton <graham@gflight.f9.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:08:03

>Mod 62 Pins Not Fitting
>
>Now you have it all together make sure you mark it so you will always put it
>back together the same way! I believe the holes are likely to be a little
>off the true diameters and hence if they do not go exactly where they were
>first drilled you artificially make some slack in the system and this leads
>to trouble later.
>J R (Bob) Gowing, Kit 327 in Oz

Bob
You may have spotted the most probably reason for "pin slop". I've seen 
quite a few Europas with excessive elevator looseness, where the builder 
says he was careful (not met a lady builder yet :-(   )

The trouble is that an almost imperceptible amount of movement at the pin 
soon multiplies up to 1/2 inch at the trailing edge. The vibration of 
taxying over lumpy ground cause hammering at the holes and it starts to get 
worse quite quickly.

Graham 




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