Fred,
The latest nylon legs supplied by Europa have the ends already turned down
to fit the sockets at both ends. I have just replaced mine at 1,100 hrs,
because the old ones have developed a permanent set to bend rearwards which
makes ground looping easier to happen in a cross wind.
Regards,
William
----- Original Message -----
From: "David DeFord" <davedeford@comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:24 AM
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Outriggers - fitting
>
>> Namely, that...although the build manual describes simply sliding the
>> nylon tubes into the SS wheel forks...I'm finding that the
>> wheel forks
>> are simply too small to accept the nylon tubes. My attempts to reduce
>> the diameter of the tubes by rotating them against my stationary belt
>> sander only succeeds tin roughing up the surface and...due to
>> friction
>> heat...the nylon seems to expand rather than diminish in size.
>>
>> My next notion is to chuck the nylon into a wood lathe and
>> turn it down
>> til I have a snug and smooth fit.
>>
>> Is my problem unique?...and if not, can anyone share their solution?
>>
>> Fred
>
> Fred,
>
> Our outrigger rods were too large to fit into the sockets on both ends, so
> I
> had a friend with a metal lathe turn the ends down for a snug fit. I
> don't
> think abrasives or files are practical solutions. The simplest (though
> maybe not quickest) solution is probably to get properly-sized rods from
> Europa. Other factory-supplied rods we later tested in our outrigger
> hardware fit just fine, so the problem was clearly in the original rods
> that
> we received with out kit (8 years ago).
>
> Dave DeFord
> N135TD
>
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> 16/03/2007 12:12
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