Hi Dan, thanks for your suggestion! I do have found rivets in Italy but not with measures in inches. Hence, your suggestion is precious for anyone like me. I...
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daniel_puryear
Mar 1, 2008 6:27 pm
Max, Checked out your drawing. Good job on the drawing - what CAD tool are you using? After looking into numerous LG configurations, studying the dampening ...
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daniel_puryear
Mar 1, 2008 9:56 pm
Ed and group, I first learned to fly with my Uncle when I was 19-20 years old in his Cessna 150 (memory isn't what it use to be, but pretty sure it was the...
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Dan Leech
DANL239
Mar 1, 2008 10:08 pm
Max, Lets see if this helps... The 1/8 Dia rivets I bought are... SSB4-2S .063-.125 Grip and SSB-4S .188-.250 Grip 3/16 Dia SSB6-2S and SSB6-4S having the...
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Dan Leech
DANL239
Mar 1, 2008 10:34 pm
Dan P & Group, Sounds like your flight experience is similar to mine. I solo'd in a Aeronca Champ on my 16th birthday. Had a total of 30 hours (10 solo) when ...
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maxmars70
Mar 1, 2008 10:39 pm
Hi Daniel, and thanks for the insight. We still didn't decide what to do, but the chords look very.. affordaplane-ish. We like it. As for the cad, it's QCad...
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maxmars70
Mar 2, 2008 12:12 am
Ah now it's clearer, the GRIP is actually the LENGTH I am looking for. Dan, thanks a lot! Max ... -- Max...
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daniel_puryear
Mar 2, 2008 12:52 pm
Ed, I thought there was something about the UI (User Interface) that looked familiar. Andrew Mustun started the QCad C++ project on SourceForge in 2000. You...
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maxmars70
Mar 3, 2008 3:51 pm
I don't know what's the name in English for this tool, but you use it to screw / tighten / fasten bolts. One neat variant I've been considering is a uniform...
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surfskyguy
Mar 3, 2008 4:29 pm
It is called a "TORQUE WRENCH" Get a chart of recommended tourque settings from your hardware supplier. / PB ... From: "Massimiliano Marsiglietti"...
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maxmars70
Mar 3, 2008 5:38 pm
Ah so that's the name in English.. Thanks! But, my local hardware supplier (the one that would sell me the tool), I think they don't have charts for AN stuff....
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maxmars70
Mar 3, 2008 8:59 pm
To answer my own question, and letting Yahoo index & save this, here's what I found on the matter. Bolt Torquing The following information is provided for...
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surfskyguy
Mar 3, 2008 9:48 pm
Here is another, I found but it is in inch/pounds, not Newton/Meters / PB http://www.geocities.com/eaa818/references/torque.html ... From: "Massimiliano...
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Dan Leech
DANL239
Mar 3, 2008 11:43 pm
There are several charts in the Group FILES area... Dan ... http://www.geocities.com/eaa818/references/torque.html ... ...
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maxmars70
Mar 4, 2008 8:48 am
Now that I understand what I am looking for, I can vouch that part of the information I posted earlier was also to be found in the document named AN Bolt...
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Michael
catlimi2000
Mar 4, 2008 1:05 pm
The Fastenal site calls out a ASME spec. I've placed an excerpt of the spec in the files area. In summary it only gives the sizes of the rivets and not the...
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Cheapaircraft@yahoogr...
Mar 4, 2008 1:06 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Cheapaircraft group. File : /Stress...
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maxmars70
Mar 4, 2008 1:22 pm
I'm not sure I got what you mean, but the rivets Dan talked about, e.g. SSB4-2S, or: http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=0156175 report a...
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Michael Catlin
catlimi2000
Mar 4, 2008 1:28 pm
... It's listed after specification. Michael ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute...
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maxmars70
Mar 4, 2008 1:39 pm
Got it. So the only strength data we've got is the one listed as "tensile strength". Are you suggesting / do you have a suspect those rivets could be unfit for...
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Michael Catlin
catlimi2000
Mar 5, 2008 12:52 pm
I have no suggestion for or against. I was only trying to provide the information contained in the spec for inquiring minds who want to know. Michael ... ...
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maxmars70
Mar 5, 2008 12:56 pm
Thanks! Max ... -- Max...
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maxmars70
Mar 5, 2008 1:22 pm
Ed, I have been thinking seriously about your idea and I was trying to fit a spring device of some kind. One thing that I found which I would like you to see...
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Cheapaircraft@yahoogr...
Mar 5, 2008 1:26 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Cheapaircraft group. File : /Stress...
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Michael
catlimi2000
Mar 5, 2008 1:42 pm
I added a file with one page from the Cherry rivet catalog which shows the shear allowable for different diameter rivets in different thicknesses of materials....
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Ed Daley
orbitpac
Mar 5, 2008 2:18 pm
Max, That's just the kind of item I've been looking for. I 'll do a bit more research and maybe pick up a pair just to try them out. Thanks for posting this...
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maxmars70
Mar 5, 2008 3:16 pm
Ah.. ok about English. :-) As for the shock absorber, even if you don't buy them, please let me know how would you use them, because that type of attach is...
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surfskyguy
Mar 5, 2008 3:24 pm
You can greatly improve the joint by applying an adhesive to the faces of the parts to be riveted. There was an article in KIPLANES a few years back about...
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canwhitewolf2005
canwhitewolf...
Mar 6, 2008 4:14 am
the epoxy they use for knife making is 2000 lb grip that might be good ... faces of the parts to be riveted. There was an article in KIPLANES a few years back...
