Screwing Belly Pans

[John Pavlick]

Bob,
 I saw a neat way of holding on a belly pan on Dan Hamlett's Impact a few
weeks ago. I don't know if it would work in your case because you must be
able to slide the belly pan back and forth. They use keyhole type attachment
points. A bunch of shoulder screws are installed in the fuse (top half). The
belly pan has slots at the attachment points. One end of the slot is large
enough to fit over the screw head, the rest is just wide enough to fit the
shoulder of the screw. To install, you place the belly pan on the fuse with
the large ends of the holes over the screws. Push down and slide back. Only
one small screw is used to retain the pan. The screw just keeps the pan from
sliding so it doesn't need to be very large.

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com


  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
Behalf Of Bob Pastorello
  Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 9:41 AM
  To: NSRCA
  Subject: Screwing Belly Pans


  Allrighty- here's a question for the creative types... My new Icepoint,
truly a VERY high quality PARF, has the one piece wing (big, straight,
light, well-covered), and it is covered with a REALLY long one-piece
belly-pan/chin cowl that goes from the spinner face to the wing t.e.
      It is supposed to be held on with ten, 2mm screws....Since the
wing/pipe has to come off every flying session, that's a LOT of screwing
around with...

  ANYONE have any ideas for alternates?  Have considered the BVM 'canopy
hooks', but not enough surface to grab everything properly.  I have about a
1/4" tall lip to hold onto from the pan.

  Please - no "That's why you buy plug-in wings, Bob" answers....

  Bob Pastorello
  NSRCA 199  AMA 46373
  rcaerobob at cox.net
  www.rcaerobats.net



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