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ventus rigging visual clues
Instead of tape on the right wing I put a piece of wood between the Pin handle and the inside of the fuselage so the left wing can not be pushed out/
Dan On Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 6:15:04 PM UTC-4, Jonathan Walker wrote: The other thing that helps a lot is: AFTER putting the Left wing in place WITH the water dump valve closed WITH the main rigging pin partially inserted AND the airbrakes unlocked WITH the left wing set at a hight such the the wing spigot is vertically central within right hand fuselage opening IS..... Put wing tape on the left hand upper surface fuselage/wing joint so that when inserting the right hand wing it cant get pushed out. This last step make rigging so much easier. At 14:31 22 April 2017, George Underhill wrote: Not a V2, but I rig my 1981 Ventus b IAW the manual. Dump valve closed, fl= ap handle in S, and horizontal stabilizer rigging pin inserted into the hol= e in the airbrake tube. Left wing first and main pin part-way in to hold i= n place. When inserting the right wing I find the key is to sight the rela= tionship between the pin on the left spar and the bearing that it goes into= on the right wing root. I look towards the right wing root from the fusel= age at an angle. There's not much room, but it is possible to see how clo= se the alignment is. If it's not close it'll never go together. |
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ventus rigging visual clues
Am Sonntag, 23. April 2017 00:15:04 UTC+2 schrieb Jonathan Walker:
The other thing that helps a lot is: AFTER putting the Left wing in place WITH the water dump valve closed WITH the main rigging pin partially inserted AND the airbrakes unlocked WITH the left wing set at a hight such the the wing spigot is vertically central within right hand fuselage opening IS..... Put wing tape on the left hand upper surface fuselage/wing joint so that when inserting the right hand wing it cant get pushed out. I insert first the left wing with all the advice given above. But I leave 1/2 inch of space between the fuselage and the left wing. That way I can visualy ceck the allignments of the pins and the bearings in both spars (left and ight) before I push in the right wing. Then with the right wing in place, I push the left wing in the last 1/2 inch. |
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ventus rigging visual clues
On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 2:45:57 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Am Sonntag, 23. April 2017 00:15:04 UTC+2 schrieb Jonathan Walker: The other thing that helps a lot is: AFTER putting the Left wing in place WITH the water dump valve closed WITH the main rigging pin partially inserted AND the airbrakes unlocked WITH the left wing set at a hight such the the wing spigot is vertically central within right hand fuselage opening IS..... Put wing tape on the left hand upper surface fuselage/wing joint so that when inserting the right hand wing it cant get pushed out. I insert first the left wing with all the advice given above. But I leave 1/2 inch of space between the fuselage and the left wing. That way I can visualy ceck the allignments of the pins and the bearings in both spars (left and ight) before I push in the right wing. Then with the right wing in place, I push the left wing in the last 1/2 inch. If I do the left wing first I find myself on the wrong side of the canopy when its time to pin. DC |
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ventus rigging visual clues
On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 11:47:55 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I'd appreciate hearing advice on the best visual clues for getting the wings on a Ventus 2c aligned when rigging. I got a lot of suggestions for easier rigging of my Ventus 2cxm. Thanks, they were all useful. I also tried cooling the main-pin. I greased it, put it in a plastic ziplock bag, and left it in a cooler with some freeze-blocks for an hour. It was definitely cool to the touch when I took it out, and it did slide in easier. The air temp was about 70F, and assuming the pin was cooled to 40F, the diameter would be reduced by about 0.4mil (thousandth of inch). |
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