firewall plates and floor stiffness
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:35 am
Thanks Al,
I looked in the archives and I think see those stringers, what are they,
square tubing? And I see the plate in each corner, is that the double up you
are talking about? What forward side skins are you talking about, the side
sills?
Mike Betti
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From: "Alan Hepburn" <ahepburn@renc.igs.net>
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Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: firewall plates
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I looked in the archives and I think see those stringers, what are they,
square tubing? And I see the plate in each corner, is that the double up you
are talking about? What forward side skins are you talking about, the side
sills?
Mike Betti
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Hepburn" <ahepburn@renc.igs.net>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: firewall plates
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Mike:
If you double up on the forward floor (I had some pics in the archives -
should still be there) that also provides a lot more stiffness between the
lower motor mounts - achieves much the same as the plates, plus something
is
necessary to provide better mounting for the brake pedals and stop
oil-canning of the forward floor, especially with an O360. Also, use the
thicker corner wraps for the nose. MAM has them for the trkie version,
and
they again help to stop oil canning.
Be sure to use longer rivets to rivet the forward side skins to the door
posts. I don't believe the instuctions don't tell you to do this, and
that
may be why some folks have had trouble with pulled rivets in this area. I
know there's a recommendation to double up on the rivets, but if you
happened to use RV1410s, that would sure be a problem waiting to happen.
There's far too much metal to go through in this area for 1410s.
Regards, Al
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