In my case, I have two good examples where Mr M is very succesful and
so far not so succesful:
1) During the building phase, I decided my strobo power unit will last
for ever (that means let us say 1000 flight hours or more). That was
inbuilt inside the fin w/o the access panel and it was glued very hard
there. Today, I have an access panel and there are two power units now:
one broken which is impossible to remove out and one operational one.
2) During the building phase, I decided my trim motor unit will last for
ever. That is assembled w/o the nut plates. So far it has worked fine,
also through scary strikes or St. Elmo=C2=B4s fires =93 only the
trim display and the relay unit was destroyed then.
Door Mechanics: no access panels =93 totally inbuilt and they will
last for ever (that is why I am only person who is allowed to use the
door handles of RT=C2=B4s when closing the doors and shooting the bolts
outward =93 I feel the necessary power required).
Cheers, Raimo Toivio
Europa XS Mono OH-XRT #417
Updated flight hours /landings: 252,2 /454
37500 Lempaala
FINLAND
p +358-3-3753 777
f +358-3-3753 100
toivio@fly.to
www.rwm.fi
From: Greg Fuchs
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:03 PM
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Door Mech Coverplates
AH HAHAHA!!! LOL. So true!!! Murphy is a very strong force. This is
for Jims statement :) ......and this is for Murphy :P
I am still wrestling with this decision as well, and keep trying to
think of a way to restore more strength so as not to have to bond...such
as large overlaps, and a sliding fit with overlapping glass used as
bonds on the sides, but unattatched (or something like that).
No conclusions yet...sorry. Just felt like piping in with interest in
the subject, even with the lack of gameplan and to hack on ol' Murph :)
Greg Fuchs
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
jimpuglise@comcast.net
Tony-
You need to keep our friend Murphy in mind. "If it can't possibly
break, it will." On the other hand, if you put in a couple of nut
plates and screw them on, you will never need to remove them. This is
the second corollary to Murphy's Law. "Any part that is easily
accessible will not break."
Jim Puglise
A238
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From: "Tony Renshaw" <tonyrenshaw268@gmail.com>
Hi,
I am of two minds whether to screw or bond on my door mech coverplates.
Finally, I am satisfied I have done a good job in there, so am wondering
whether returning the original strength might have some merit. I realize
to redux them in place creates quite a problem if I need to get in
there, but in reality what is the chances. Any advice much appreciat
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