This raises a good point about availability of fasteners and drivers.
I think it would be a great service to customers to offer a complete
set of screws and a driver for the sailplanes they sell.
Any of these fasteners can be had in lots of 100 for pennies, the
drivers are 3 to $5, less I'm sure in quantity.
I finally gave up trying to find a nice 9/64 driver at local hardware
stores, so I ordered from Small Parts, great except that I pay as
much to ship it as the driver costs. Those Wiha or Bondhus ball
drivers are readily available.
It's a pain to have to chase these parts down after the fact or to
hold that screw in terror of dropping it in the grass.
I'd be happy to pay an extra $5 or so for a set of spare screws for
my $1K to $2K toy. Seems like a good way for the toy sellers to make
a decent profit, with only a bit of hassle.
my .02
Barry Andersen
On Jun 6, 2006, at 2:14 AM, Jim Porter wrote:
Lost mine. Getting one from Ukraine not not a likely prospect. Will
entertain alternate methods of holding the stab with local available
parts.
Surely I'm not the only one that lost that aluminum fastener.
IF you're truly desperate, you can remove the threaded stud and use
a metric
nylon bolt to hold the stabilizer. This will require a small bushing
between the stabilizer and the bolt to keep everything in the proper
location.
Last time I checked Barry did not have any spare stabilizer fasteners.
Jim Porter
Johnston Iowa USA
"The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall."
Orville Wright
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