| Author | Message | ||
     Allyn Roe |
Brian, is it in the November issue? They are already on December and I did not see it in there. | ||
| Brian McKinney (Bmckinney) |
It's in the January 2003 issue. I just got mine yesterday. In addition, there's a two page spread picture of 511EA from Golden West on page 74-75 in an article by Martin Hollmann. He accidently called it a "Wheeler Aviation" kit aircraft. Oh well, we all know what it really is! Brian | ||
| henri walser (43henri) |
Does anyone installed some hoist-point under the wings to jack up our Express (for maintenance service) like the Piperaircraft with some hydraulic aircraftjacks ????? | ||
| Jerry Sjostrand (Jerry) |
Good morning Henri; You really do not need special jack points as you can use a piece of wood with carpet on it to be placed anywhere under the wing spar to lift the wing. You can also lift the fuselage by placing the same under the firewall area (the nose gear support is there to give support) or under the spar carry through in the fuselage. You can make your own lift jacks by purchasing 12" hydraulic jacks (the type used in the imported automotive engine lifts) and build a simple support stand from angle iron. I normally use an automotive floor jack and wood blocks if necessary. If you have the steel legs, you will be interested in a simple device I made, along with a floor jack, to lift by the leg itself just above the spindle mounting area once the wheel pant is off. Other builders who have seen this have copied it (ie.,the Copelands). This works very well to get the plane up where you can place saw horses under the wings (under the spar area)to hold the plane off the gear. I will take a picture of it and send to you by email. If others who have the steel legs are iinterested, I can do the same. Cheers. Jerry | ||
| Reinhard Metz |
Re: Hoist point I designated the center of the wing spar at rib R as a hoist point and marked it with a big red dot. Then I made a pair of 2.5 cm thick, 15 cm square aluminum plates with a thick, heavy foam rubber pad on one side, and a recess drilled into the other side. The recess matches the rounded top contour of the piston on a pair of hydraulic jacks (bought from Northern hydraulics) that I modified with a base, similar to what Jerry suggested. The pad side then gets placed against the bottom of the wing, centered over the jack point dot. The recess in the bottom of the plate can pivot on the top of the piston end. With this arrangement I can jack up either or both sides of the plane. Reinhard Metz | ||
| Brian McKinney New member Username: Bmckinney Post Number: 45 Registered: 05-2000 |
Question on the EAC flap torque tubes: For the newer EAC flap torque tubes in the wing, how much should the outboard tube slide into the inboard tube? Mine only seems to go about 1". That really only allows for one bolt to hold the two together. The tube does not go far enough in to get the flap actuator arm bolt through both tubes. The manual pictures appear to show the same thing, but I just wanted to check with those who already did this... Thanks, Brian | ||
| Kevin Dennes New member Username: Kdennes Post Number: 61 Registered: 01-2001 |
Greetings all. I know that EAC factory finished aircraft only have the wing root fairings temporarily installed with screws prior to test flying but I am wondering how many of you actually finish and paint your aircraft prior to test flying? I have installed my wings and spent a huge amount of time hoping to get the dihedral, wing sweep and angle of incidence right before drilling the spar but I know that there is some risk that a wing may have to come off it is not right. For those of you who have done this procedure yourself, how many of you have had to take a wing off after installation? The problem that we have here in OZ is that the aircraft must be weighed and approved for C of G limits etc. before a test flight can be made. If more than ten pounds is added to the aircraft subsequent to the test flight then the aircraft has to be weighed again and that is fairly expensive here. The paint alone would weigh a lot more than ten pounds. As always, I would appreciate your comments on this. Regards. Kevin (from Downunder) | ||
| Kevin Dennes New member Username: Kdennes Post Number: 62 Registered: 01-2001 |
A further question. What is required in the USA and Canada etc as far as a flight manual goes for an Experimental aircraft? Has anyone developed a Flight Manual for the 2000? If so, what would be the cost to purchase such a copy? Naturally, variations would occur between various aircraft due to engine, prop, weight etc. but those numbers could be adapted for our own aircraft. I would be most grateful to hear from you on this subject. Regards. Kevin (from Downunder) | ||
| Jerry Sjostrand New member Username: Jerry Post Number: 17 Registered: 08-1999 |
Hi Kevin, The man who has the manual is Bruce Newlan in Arizona but he is not home now as he is in Michigan with his wife needing heart surgery. He should be home in about 4-5 weeks. Can you wait that long? I am in Sweden helping Sven Eriksson installing the wings. Your questions regarding the wing installation can be answered by Sven or me. We have just fit the wings and are going to drill the wing spars and install the spacer blocks. If you would like to call and talk to us, figure the time and call about 10 pm in the evening here. +46-247-23279 The weather here is perfect and we are having a great time together working on his Express. Wish you were here. I will go from here to Luxembourg to help Benny Thordarson and then on to Switzerland, France, and Germany. Glad to see you are building steady and have questions. A good sign of a successful builder. Cheers, Jerry Sjostrand | ||
| Terry Sack New member Username: Terrysack Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2002 |
I would be interested in any information reduced to a manual as well. I will monitor the posts to see when Bruce might be available. I surely hope his wife's surgery goes well. Terry |