Sorry to hear you've been confined, but glad you are on the way
back to the hangar ! The quicker you get it flying, the happier
you'll be, and the less likely you will be to want to change ANYTHING !! ;-)
It's not JUST a question of the fuselage structure being beefier,
it's that the whole stabilizer has to be re-done ! The spars must be
much deeper, and additional attach points have to be added, & aligned
vertically, on the stab, AND the fuselage, and stringers are added to
the skins to distribute the loads - it's a major engineering job.
It could easily add a year to build times, and would most probably
give you a much less satisfactory handling airplane than the
original Rebel. So far, NO other kit has beaten the wonderful control
harmony and flight qualities of the Rebel ! (Just MHO ! ;-) )
--
......bobp
http://www.prosumers.ca
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On Monday 27 November 2006 05:00 pm, Gary Gustafson wrote:
Thanks for the many comments and I was sure that I could count on a
prod from Wayne. PS Not to make you feel bad - I have had a hard time
this past 13 months after many operations, confined to bed with limited
up time (1/2 hour twice a day), and no ability to see my plane. It is
a hanger queen wanting some attention. My brother is over here now to
help and I should be able to work on it more and more. Next step is to
start the engine. My problem is that I have had too much time while lying
in bed to think up off-beat questions. So I appreciate the confirmation
of my thoughts.
One last question - how has the Elite tail cone area been beefed up to
support its cantilever tail?
Soon to be back working on the Rebel.
Gary Gustafson
-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of Wayne
G. O'Shea
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:25 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Horizontal Stabilizer
Gary...stick to the manual! The tail cone of the Rebel is not set up to take
the torsion loads of a cantilever tail. We'd like to hear your flying
reports...not your wife posting you are no longer "on-line".
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Gustafson" <gargus@adelphia.net>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 11:52 AM
Subject: [rebel-builders] Horizontal Stabilizer
Since there has been some recent discussion about Horizontal
Stabilizers, I thought that I would ask a question about
making the horizontal stabilizer all one piece (rather than
in two pieces). It would clean up the aerodynamics a bit by
eliminating the support struts and the block by the tail
wheel spring. However I suspect that the internal tail cone
would have to be beefed up and the stabilizer spars would
have to be tied together.
Has it been done before? What is entailed?
Gary Gustafson
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