On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:01:52 GMT, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:57:26 +0800, Stealth Pilot wrote:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 04:39:06 GMT, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:



5. RVs seem to use rivets *everywhere*...perhaps the Pipers use more bolts,
molded sections, etc.

a piper cherokee has literally a plastic bucket full of bolts in it.

...as we found out during a restoration.

Hopefully, you didn't have half a bucket left when you were done. :-)

Ron Wanttaja

no, :-) but there are two unique washers. hemispherical that sit in a
hemispherical socket down in the stabilizer attach area.
I think a fundamental law of physics exists that one will remain
faithfully in the bucket during all cleaning, drying and sorting
activities while the other must hide itself in the crack between two
sections of concrete just under the stabilizer.

the jones theory of special aviation fittings :-)

Stealth (dont design special one-off fittings into aeroplanes!) Pilot