Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/13/1998 - 20:12 Forums: LML Archive From: Pieter Pienaar <Pine [at] CPro.co.za> Subject: Bending a parts to fit Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 13:12:36 -0700 To: <lancair.list [at] olsusa.com> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Hi all I have noticed that the area above and fwd of the left longeron, the beaved up area also attaching to the firewall has a inward bend. I fitted the fwd dek with cleco's and can see a 1/8 or so depression on the outer surface. Is this normal?? To fix this I can 1) Leave it as is what would make insurting a pin into the planed piano hinge very difficult and then "fix" the outer surface with micro, or 2) Heat this area :( (Worries) and then try to bend it outward. Any ideas ???? On the same note the fwd dek does not fit exactly on the firewall it seams that on the right side there is a smaller curve with a again a 1/8 cap when looking from the engin side. Would it be save to heat this area so that it may relax onto the firewall curvature?? How can this heat be applied safly??? HELP?? -- Pine Pienaar pine [at] cpro.co.za Lancair 360 #664 Post a Reply Bending a parts to fit Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/14/1998 - 21:09 From: John Cooper <heyduke [at] digital.net> Subject: Bending a parts to fit Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:09:02 -0400 To: <lancair.list [at] olsusa.com> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> for pine: The inward bend in the area above and fwd of the left longeron is normal. Just the way the molds were made. This causes a bad fit with the header tank, which I chose to fill in with flox. I taped up the header tank joggle with duct tape, and spread flox on the longeron joggle and molded them together. In some places, the flox was several mm thick. I would not use heat to "straighten out" this area. Just use flox to make the joggle fit together, then use whatever filler you are using on the exterior to make the exterior blend together. If it makes you feel any better, I had a lot of trouble with this area, too. The fit of the forward deck to the firewall is not critical, since you will be applying bid tapes to the forward face of the firewall to support the deck, once you have it aligned with the cowling. You will have to drill a couple of temporary holes for clecos in the header tank to longeron joggle to hold the tank in place while you align it with the cowling. (Of course the engine and spinner need to be in place to accomplish this.) When you have everything aligned, you apply duct tape to the underside of the header tank where it overlaps the firewall, then put in you 2 or 3 bid tapes up underneath. These will support your header tank and cowling when they set up. BTW, I used nutplates and #8 screws to attach my header tank to my longerons. Due to all the flox buildup on the longeron joggle, the length of the screws along each side varies by several dash numbers. --John reply Post a Reply You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Your name Subject Comment * Switch to plain text editorMore information about text formats Text format Filtered HTMLPlain text Filtered HTMLWeb page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.Each email address will be obfuscated in a human readable fashion or, if JavaScript is enabled, replaced with a spam resistent clickable link. Email addresses will get the default web form unless specified. If replacement text (a persons name) is required a webform is also required. Separate each part with the "|" pipe symbol. Replace spaces in names with "_".Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h1> <h2> <h3>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.Plain textNo HTML tags allowed.Each email address will be obfuscated in a human readable fashion or, if JavaScript is enabled, replaced with a spam resistent clickable link. Email addresses will get the default web form unless specified. If replacement text (a persons name) is required a webform is also required. Separate each part with the "|" pipe symbol. Replace spaces in names with "_".Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Attachments Add a new file Files must be less than 512 MB.Allowed file types: jpg jpeg gif png txt doc docx xls xlsx pdf ppt pptx pps ppsx odt ods odp mp3 mov mp4 m4a m4v mpeg avi ogg oga ogv weba webp webm. Leave this field blank
Bending a parts to fit Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/14/1998 - 21:09 From: John Cooper <heyduke [at] digital.net> Subject: Bending a parts to fit Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:09:02 -0400 To: <lancair.list [at] olsusa.com> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> for pine: The inward bend in the area above and fwd of the left longeron is normal. Just the way the molds were made. This causes a bad fit with the header tank, which I chose to fill in with flox. I taped up the header tank joggle with duct tape, and spread flox on the longeron joggle and molded them together. In some places, the flox was several mm thick. I would not use heat to "straighten out" this area. Just use flox to make the joggle fit together, then use whatever filler you are using on the exterior to make the exterior blend together. If it makes you feel any better, I had a lot of trouble with this area, too. The fit of the forward deck to the firewall is not critical, since you will be applying bid tapes to the forward face of the firewall to support the deck, once you have it aligned with the cowling. You will have to drill a couple of temporary holes for clecos in the header tank to longeron joggle to hold the tank in place while you align it with the cowling. (Of course the engine and spinner need to be in place to accomplish this.) When you have everything aligned, you apply duct tape to the underside of the header tank where it overlaps the firewall, then put in you 2 or 3 bid tapes up underneath. These will support your header tank and cowling when they set up. BTW, I used nutplates and #8 screws to attach my header tank to my longerons. Due to all the flox buildup on the longeron joggle, the length of the screws along each side varies by several dash numbers. --John reply
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