wheel pant installation

[Anthony Romano]

Found this setup allows to much flex on some very light glass pants. I glued 
an 1/8" ply plate to the inside of the pant oppisite of the gear. Use a long 
bolt for an axle the acorn nut holds the wheel and fits into a hole in the 
ply plate on the far side of the pant. Adds no weight and greatly stiffens 
up the pant. Not a lot of flight time on the plane but have seen this setup 
on others.

Anthony






>From: "Keith Hoard" <khoard at midsouth.rr.com>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Subject: Re: wheel pant installation
>Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:50:07 -0500
>
>I learned this from Donny Wright. . . haven't had one come off or flop
>around in flight yet.
>
>1) Install your axle onto the fixed gear
>2) Dremel out an inverted "U" in the wheel pant so it slips down over the
>axle into position.
>3) Clamp the wheel pant in place and drill two holes, (either 4-40 or 2-56)
>thru the fixed gear next to the axle and thru the reinforced part of the
>wheel pant.
>4) Take off the wheel pant, redrill the two new holes for blind nuts and
>install the 4-40 or 2-56 bolts
>
>Now the wheel pant will slip over the wheel without having to take off the
>axle, and it is secured with the small bolts.
>
>Wish I had a digital camera to take some pictures.  If you need some
>pictures, e-mail me and I'll get some for you.
>
>Keith L. Hoard
>Cordova, TN
>khoard at midsouth.rr.com
>
>Today President Bush announced that all this time he's been misprouncing 
>the
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>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tomanek, Wojtek" <tomanekw at saic-abingdon.com>
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:08 AM
>Subject: wheel pant installation
>
>
> >
> > Looking for wheel pant installation to fixed gear recommendations,
> > preferences, and comments
> >
> > a) Single small bolt through the wheel pant's reinforcement ply to a 
>T-nut
> > above the axle
> > b) SIG wheel pant attachment bracket with a brass collar and bolt
>tightening
> > onto the axle
> > c) ???
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Wojtek
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