Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:29:41 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.208] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 604985 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:17:03 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.144.208; envelope-from=Tubamanflies@aol.com Received: from Tubamanflies@aol.com by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id q.145.3d037eb5 (4362) for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:16:27 -0500 (EST) From: Tubamanflies@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <145.3d037eb5.2f16d18b@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:16:27 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Rat Traps Revisited X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1105557387" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5004 -------------------------------1105557387 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To add to Scott's comments and to make things even more confusing. My kit was delivered late 1994 or early 1995. Construction was started using the Rev 0 11/1/91 320FB manual. It was not completed until 2001 so I suspect it was completed with the latest infromation. After an incident on the second flight the plane did not fly again until 3/03 when I purchased it. The plane was both completed and repaired by a professional shop. It has what I consider most if not all the latest mods. Back to RTS (Rat Trap Springs). To make things more confusing Lancair issued a manual supplement to the 235/320/360 manual for the TRS. It is titled Over-Center Torsion Springs. The issue date is 5/28/93. What is interesting is that the assembly drawing shows two WS-6 washers. For some reason the inner WS-6 was replaced with the larger AN970-6 washer in the 1/23/96 320FB manual. This apears to be the only change from the supplement. So the way the springs are assembled depends on the age of your documentation. While I like older dates on my wine lables. When it comes to documentation on aircraft assembly younger is better. Ray Gardner LNC2 94/95 @CWF -------------------------------1105557387 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

To add to Scott's comments and to make things even more confusing. = ; My=20 kit was delivered late 1994 or early 1995. Construction was started us= ing=20 the Rev 0 11/1/91 320FB manual. It was not completed until 2001 so I suspect= it=20 was completed with the latest infromation. After an incident on the se= cond=20 flight the plane did not fly again until 3/03 when I purchased it. The= =20 plane was both completed and repaired by a professional shop. It has w= hat=20 I consider most if not all the latest mods.

Back to RTS (Rat Trap Springs). To make things more confusing Lan= cair=20 issued a manual supplement to the 235/320/360 manual for the TRS. It i= s=20 titled Over-Center Torsion Springs. The issue date is 5/28/93. W= hat=20 is interesting is that the assembly drawing shows two WS-6=20 washers. For some reason the inner WS-6 was replaced with t= he=20 larger AN970-6 washer in the 1/23/96 320FB manual. This apears to be t= he=20 only change from the supplement.

So the way the springs are assembled depends on the age of your=20 documentation. While I like older dates on my wine lables. When=20= it=20 comes to documentation on aircraft assembly younger is better.

Ray Gardner

LNC2 94/95 @CWF

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