Hi Terry
The other Elite in the UK suffered similar damage a couple of years ago
while parked up... again, no control locks in place.
I've made a set for mine using old CD's and some model aircraft EDF foam,
some fence post eye bolts with nuts and washers. Couple of dollars per lock
and a larger surface area than the commercially bought round ones. (3 CD's
stuck together per side, 6 per lock seems to be strong enough :-)
Nig
745E
-----Original Message-----
From:
mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:
mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
mitchtl@dcsol.com
Sent: 21 April 2010 02:13
To:
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Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Flaperon torque tube hanger
Thanks. I will be checking everything during the repair.
Gust locks will be installed from now on, also for the elevator and rudder.
The aircraft was parked with the stick tied back with the seatbelt, but the
winds were gusting to near 90 km/h for quite a while.
Terry Mitchell
On 4/18/2010 12:39 PM,
oifa@irishfield.on.ca wrote to rebel-builders:
-> Check your rod ends really closely Mitch ....while you are into the
repair.
-> Had a Rebel grounded, in Collingwood, Ontario, over Easter weekend
thanks to
-> a tailwind wapping the flaperons back and forth when a cold front blasted
-> thru for about 3 minutes! Bent the control horns etc..as well. Lucky for
-> Mark I was home and had what he needed in the shop to get him back
airborne
-> the next day...with new rod ends and a set of horns cut to fit the tube
-> radius that he could bolt/rivet in place to restore straightness and
-> strength to his bent ones.
->
-> Doesn't matter how strong you make that hangar... if you don't use
control
-> locks between the flaperon and the cabin filler/transition you are going
to
-> get bit by this sooner or later. A good gust of wind banging the
flaperons
-> full travel each way WILL bend/break your HM4M rod ends.
->
-> I don't know how far this goes back into the archives.. but way.. way..
way
-> back it was suggested by myself and others to make the channel out of
-> minimum .032. Still hooking into the roof and using bolts instead of
rivets.
-> I went searching for pics... Roger uploaded some nice ones back in 2004
of
-> the double channel and joining strap that would work good for you as
well.
-> They are in .. Files... Rebel.. Control Systems..
->
-> As has been also mentioned it's easy to make a rib to fit the contour of
the
-> roof. Many Rebel's out there have this, that just got an extra centre
cabin
-> roof rib from MAM with their kit... but easy to make around a form as
noted
-> by Bob Palmer.
->
-> Wayne
->
->
-> ----- Original Message -----
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-> To: <
rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
-> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:03 AM
-> Subject: [rebel-builders] Flaperon torque tube hanger
->
->
-> > My plane recently suffered wind damage to the torque tube hanger. The
-> > single channel between bulkheads broke, pushing the roof attach through
-> > the
-> > roof skin. I am planning to repair it using the newer, 2-channel
support.
-> > Thinking of still using the roof support(after patching the roof in and
-> > out),
-> > and perhaps adding an angle support to the outboard wing rib. Any
better
-> > ideas?
-> >
-> >
-> >
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