Wray,
This does sound 'mickey-mouse' .... a big worry with using
doubled up parts is that you really should epoxy them together very
completely - the gap between is a perfect trap for corrosion !! They
should have some mechanical connection (rivets ?) as well ...
The BOTTOM front corner wraps are THE important ones !! The
tops are not so much ... I would use the FUS-70's on the bottom.
(FUS-70 has been replaced with a new part (FUS-532 ???) which is
even thicker - .032, I think !!) The corner wraps are IMPORTANT -
this is the ONLY part I had to replace on #068.... (They had small
dents that turned into major cracks within months !) I'd be inclined
to order the new parts & avoid some future grief ....
Haven't heard of ANY problems with FUS-10's at rear of
cabin. If you do decide to use FUS-10's doubled, some builders
have run a piece of stringer or extra channel down the middle of
these .... (Not sure about this possibly creating a "tear along
the dotted line" problem ;-) )
No big problem with the FUS-26's, but you might want to add
a couple of vertical channels or pieces of stringer, partly to tie
them together, and partly for increased stiffness (many have done
this).
Suspect that stuffing one ST-31 inside another would not give
a good physical connection, and would be heavier than ST-28. Not really
a big problem - the original .020's could be easily dented by heavy
luggage - that was the only reason for using ST-28.
You might want to put a few extra channels under the floor in
the baggage area, and under the seats. Doesn't add a lot of weight,
and adds greatly to stiffness and dent resistance.
HTH !
....bobp
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Now for the front end reinforcements.
<br>Being a bit of cheep dude when I made up a new fus-26 (the panel under
the door sill) out of .032 I took the original 2 .020 fus-26 and
joined them together for the other side. Anyone see any problems with this?
<br>Next for the door sills I'm putting 2 st-31 (.020 channel) together,
one inside the other. Any problems? strong enough? overkill?
<br> For the forward corner wraps ...el cheepo again.
putting 2 fus-10s (.020) together for one lower wrap, making one new one
out of .032 . Then use the 2 fus-70 (.025) corner wraps for the top. That
leaves the 4 fus-10s for the upper and lower wraps behind the cabin. Does
anyone foresee any problems I might run into trying to do this? Too mickey
mouse? Are the .020 wraps at the rear of the cabin still heavy enough?
<br>I'm planning on adding the Murphy float fix gussets at the tops of
the door frames, beefing up the firewall and will double pitch the door
posts. Anything else I should add at this point for strengthening?
<br> Many thanks for your thoughts
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<br>Wray Thompson ...Rebel 306 ...home page <A
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<br>My ICQ number is 29764664
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