Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:03:14 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from bluejay.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.218] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.2) with ESMTP id 1930497 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:41:01 -0500 Received: from lsanca1-ar16-4-47-005-181.lsanca1.elnk.dsl.genuity.net ([4.47.5.181] helo=skipslater) by bluejay.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18OsUW-0007Dv-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:41:00 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <003301c2a718$d95b7ae0$0200000a@earthlink.net> Reply-To: "Skip Slater" From: "Skip Slater" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Piano hinge for cowling-Hysol only? X-Original-Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:40:55 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0028_01C2A6D5.C3865200" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-ELNK-Trace: cbee950bdf563876c8ad50643b1069f8239a348a220c260952c0450bc2b6ac1348e62f8a78f39041387f7b89c61deb1d350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C2A6D5.C3865200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bart, Today I brought up the subject of the thread on the hinges at the = shop where I built my plane. As luck would have it, Orin was there this = afternoon. While we all looked carefully at my hinge installation on my = cowl and agreed that they look very secure, Orin made a valid point = about the bonding properties of hysol when it gets hot. I've used a = heat gun to get hysol-bonded things loose on more than one occasion. While the sides of my cowling don't get very warm where the hinges = are, I agree that putting a rivet at each end of the hinges would be a = good insurance policy. In my case, I also have four screws in the front = of the cowl behind the prop spinner and I used screws along the top of = the upper cowl where it meets the fuselage. I feel quite confident that = with these in place, my cowling won't slip the surly bonds. Skip =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C2A6D5.C3865200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Bart,
   Today I brought up the = subject of the=20 thread on the hinges at the shop where I built my plane.  As = luck=20 would have it, Orin was there this afternoon.  While we all looked=20 carefully at my hinge installation on my cowl and agreed that they look = very=20 secure, Orin made a valid point about the bonding properties of hysol = when it=20 gets hot.  I've used a heat gun to get hysol-bonded things = loose on=20 more than one occasion.
   While the sides of my = cowling don't=20 get very warm where the hinges are, I agree that putting a = rivet at=20 each end of the hinges would be a good insurance policy.  In my = case, I=20 also have four screws in the front of the cowl behind the prop = spinner=20 and I used screws along the top of the upper cowl where it meets = the=20 fuselage.  I feel quite confident that with these in place, my = cowling=20 won't slip the surly bonds.
  =20 Skip  
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