KR> Landing gear bracket. Flox to spar?
Good morning everyone. I am setting my Diehl type landing gear brackets today and was wondering if people are floxing them to the spar? If so? mine are powder coated and should I remove or scratch the surface? I did a search in the archives and found 206 listings but gave up reading with no luck. Steven Phillabaum KR2S; 5048; corvair; Auburn, Alabama
KR> Landing gear bracket. Flox to spar?
Steve Phillabaum wrote: > I am setting my Diehl type landing gear brackets today and was wondering > if people are floxing them to the spar? If so? mine are powder coated and > should I remove or scratch the surface? I used T-88 on mine, so I suspect it's there to stay. I think there are two sides to this. I glued mine to keep it from working back and forth and elongating the holes throught the spar caps. Apparently it works, as my first landing was over 5 g's. Marty Roberts developed a leak in his fuel tank vent system, and it was caused by his brackets working loose and poking a hole in something. On the other hand, MANY things that I've glued in place with T-88 thinking it would never need to move, I eventually needed to move! So if you have any clue that you might want to change your gear type or something like that, don't use T-88 on it. As for powder paint, it's pretty tenacious stuff, but I'd still remove it completely where I want to epoxy it. That's not going to be easy, but some coarse grit on a belt or palm sander ought to do it in a hurry. Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
KR> Landing gear bracket. Flox to spar?
Steve, I thought that the flox to the spar was just so you would be sure that you had complete contact with the surface of the spar. It is bolted to the spar and I don't think that any amount of "floxing", will keep the brackets from falling off. One good jolt and that contact would be broken if it were not for the bolts. So, if I were doing it, I would just be sure that I had a good bed of flox between the bracket and the spar and tighten it on down. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building is OVER. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC ---Original Message--- Steve Phillabaum wrote: > I am setting my Diehl type landing gear brackets today and was wondering > if people are floxing them to the spar? If so? mine are powder coated and > should I remove or scratch the surface?
KR> Landing gear bracket. Flox to spar?
Are they not bolted to the spar ?? Virg On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 6:51:42 -0800 writes: > Good morning everyone. I am setting my Diehl type landing gear > brackets today and was wondering if people are floxing them to the > spar? If so? mine are powder coated and should I remove or scratch > the surface? I did a search in the archives and found 206 listings > but gave up reading with no luck. > > Steven Phillabaum > KR2S; 5048; corvair; > Auburn, Alabama > > ___ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl
KR> Landing gear bracket. Flox to spar?
Good morning--The flox serves 2 purposes, 1 as a filler to even up and irregularities, 2 as a adhesive. I would rough up the back side of the brackets. - Original Message - From: To: "KRNET" Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:51 AM Subject: KR> Landing gear bracket. Flox to spar? > Good morning everyone. I am setting my Diehl type landing gear brackets > today and was wondering if people are floxing them to the spar? If so? > mine are powder coated and should I remove or scratch the surface? I did > a search in the archives and found 206 listings but gave up reading with > no luck. > > Steven Phillabaum > KR2S; 5048; corvair; > Auburn, Alabama > > ___ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
KR> Landing gear bracket. Flox to spar?
Thanks for info. So floxing in would give the even pressure spread along the entire bracket at the sparcaps. Also, giving it that fixodent hold so as to reduce movement. Great. now back into the garage. I am going to use T88 and forge on. Steven Phillabaum KR2S; 5048; corvair; Auburn, Alabama
