Wing tube socket stop repair ideas

[Ed Schummer]

I have done this as well, but switched to the hose clamp method when I got
my first carbon fiber tube....

Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Cone" <cone.man at verizon.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:24 AM
Subject: RE: Wing tube socket stop repair ideas


> Something I have been doing for several years is to install a small piece
of
> light ply to the tube sleeve inside the fuselage and drilling through it
and
> the sleeve and then tapping the wing tube. This not only eliminates the
need
> for wing tube stops, which save weight, but also stops any turning of the
> tube in the sockets. Just don't over tighten the 4-40 socket screw.
>
> Dennis Cone
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
> Behalf Of jivey61 at bellsouth.net
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 11:15 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Wing tube socket stop repair ideas
>
> Bob
> If you do this be very careful not to get any CA on the inside(sides) of
the
> tube. It will cause the tube to get tight in this area.May have more
trouble
> than you wanted.
>
> Jim Ivey
> >
> > From: Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com>
> > Date: 2004/05/17 Mon PM 01:00:23 EDT
> > To: nsrca <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Subject: Wing tube socket stop repair ideas
> >
> > I have a minor problem with a wing tube socket. The stop at the inside
end
> of the tube is a 1/4" piece of wing tube material with a slot cut in it so
> it fits inside the tube and glued in place. After two seasons of flying,
for
> whatever reason, the wing tube can now push itself past this stop and
wedge
> in the tube socket. It is a minor annoyance, but I was pondering possible
> fixes. One was to cut teeth into an old wing tube and grind a bit of the
> existing stop out, then pushing an 1/8 plywood disk to the bottom of the
> tube and securing with a few drops of foam safe CA.
> >
> > Anyone run into this problem before and have alternative methods of
> repair?  Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Bob Kane
> > getterflash at yahoo.com
> >
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