Stab Repair "Help"

Tue Jun 7 13:22:01 AKDT 2005

 Thanks Nat,but I can't take credit for it.

Jim Ivey
> 
> From: "Nat Penton" <natpenton at centurytel.net>
> Date: 2005/06/07 Tue PM 04:25:15 EDT
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: Stab Repair "Help"
> 
> Jim, the lazy man's way to make the wing repair is to use the very light 
> weight and very strong epoxy filler, Super Fil, from Aircraft Spruce. Any 
> final waviness can be taken care of with spackling. BTY your method for stab 
> removal was super.            Nat
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Ivey" <jivey61 at bellsouth.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:29 PM
> Subject: RE: Re: Stab Repair "Help"
> 
> 
> > Larry
> > I am glad this worked well for you. The fill work can be done with thin 
> > pieces of balsa wedges soaked with epoxy and trimmed before it can cure. 
> > Clean the fillet with alcohol also before it cures.
> > Now if someone can tell me how to repair a foam wing with a 5 inch trough 
> > 1/2 inch deep from the LE  almost to the tube,I'll be in business.If I can 
> > repair it It will be a spare wing panel.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Ivey
> >>
> >> From: "Larry Diamond" <lld613 at psci.net>
> >> Date: 2005/06/06 Mon PM 02:28:26 EDT
> >> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >> Subject: RE: Re: Stab Repair "Help"
> >>
> >> Jim,
> >>
> >> I finally got the nerve to try this...Only took me 3 days to convince 
> >> myself
> >> that this was the best way.
> >>
> >> I was surprised at how well it worked. There were a couple of spots that 
> >> the
> >> wire decided to go off on its own, but Lisa helped to keep an eye on it. 
> >> We
> >> glued it back last night and now I will need to do some fill work in the
> >> gaps.
> >>
> >> I will look again at the balsa on the fuse, but it looked pretty good 
> >> except
> >> for where the wire decided to depart from the intended cut line.
> >>
> >> I think we are in better shape than it was. It's about as straight as I'm
> >> going to get with out a jig, meaning the left side is high by about 1/4
> >> degree if my calibrated eye is correct...lol. Every thing else is perfect 
> >> in
> >> measuring stab center and distance to the wing tips. It was actually off
> >> about 3 to 5 degrees before so this gave me a reason to make it better...
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Larry
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] 
> >> On
> >> Behalf Of Jim Ivey
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 6:06 PM
> >> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >> Subject: Re: Re: Stab Repair "Help"
> >>
> >> Larry
> >>  One other thought. I have seen the fuse have longitudinal cracks in the
> >> balsa at the stab line.Cracks with the grain. Check this. you may have to
> >> strip a little covering and soak the cracks with CA
> >>  The wing alignment was meant to say that the wing and stab are parallel 
> >> as
> >> viewed from the front or rear.
> >>
> >> Jim Ivey>
> >> > From: Jim Ivey <jivey61 at bellsouth.net>
> >> > Date: 2005/06/02 Thu PM 06:57:52 EDT
> >> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: Stab Repair "Help"
> >> >
> >> > Larry
> >> >  I just did this repair on a friends Focus 1. Cut 2 1/2 in dowels about 
> >> > 4
> >> inches long. These are going to be the handles. Take some wire rope 
> >> better
> >> known as pull-pull cable and stick it through the fuse at the stab 
> >> line,now
> >> attach the dowels about 2 ft apart to the cable. You have just made your 
> >> saw
> >> that will cut through the epoxy at the stab glue line. Have someone hold 
> >> the
> >> plane for you so you can saw.. Just make sure you saw lenghwise to the
> >> stab(left and right) applying enough pressure to make the rope cut  Cut 
> >> all
> >> the way around,top and bottom. Now the stab will move 1/2 inch left and
> >> right through the fuse. Clean off old glue(epoxy),realign the stab tips 
> >> to
> >> the wing tips and align stab and wing front to rear. Reglue and you are
> >> done.This all takes less than 1 hour.  Good luck
> >> >
> >> > Jim Ivey
> >> > >
> >> > > From: "Larry Diamond" <lld613 at psci.net>
> >> > > Date: 2005/06/02 Thu PM 06:26:55 EDT
> >> > > To: "NSRCA" <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >> > > Subject: Stab Repair "Help"
> >> > >
> >> > > I noticed that the Horizontal Stab on my Focus I has broken the epoxy
> >> bead
> >> > > holding it in place. It isn't 100% around but enough that it could 
> >> > > have
> >> let
> >> > > go in a couple more flights.
> >> > >
> >> > > What is the best way to repair this? How do you remove the epoxy with
> >> out
> >> > > weakening the Stab.
> >> > >
> >> > > Larry
> >> > >
> >> > >
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