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Aileron Quick Connect alignment of bolts

 
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rparigoris



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:34 pm    Post subject: Aileron Quick Connect alignment of bolts Reply with quote

The manual was followed on our XS Mono build and the Aileron Quick Connect bolts didn't line up perfect. We have wing rigging down to a science and figured after 2 riggings trying to file holes to allow a perfect match, that we didn't need anymore practice rigging. The factory spar holes were filled with Aeropoxy/Flox. I fabricated 3 tubes. Instead of using a .250" drill bit, I used a 6.3mm Bit that drilled a ID hole which was .248" ID, a real nice fit to the already bonded in AN bolt on the fuse with a .3125" OD. I then fabricated a tube that slid over the .3125" OD and made another insert with a .248" ID. It probably took me longer to write this than to make them. We rigged wings, bonded the tube to the spars with JB Weld KWIK, removed wings and put on a little Bondo and drilled the spars. The fit on the spar of the bolts required a light tapping in place. We rigged wings and the bolts were aligned perfectly. We just Reduxed the bolts in place on the trailer. Tonight we JB KWIK Welded shims in place and all is good. The supplied shim was ~ .040" in thickness. We needed .050" and .055". As per Buds suggestion we used clay to get dimension. JB KWIK Weld was the solution and we didn't have to let plane sit overnight curing, just let sit bout 20 minutes, derig and the JB is leather-like and allowed for EZ cleaning of oozement. We did one wing at a time. Ron P.

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