REFLECTOR:wing lights
Alexander Balic
reflector@tvbf.org
Sun, 07 Sep 2003 00:56:59 -0500
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Scott,
I believe that the triax is run in there to stiffen the outboard area of the
strakes to make them rigid and to transfer tortional loading from the wing
attach point to the skins of the strake - in reality this can be
accomplished with a tapered lay-up which would feather out at the leading
edge - the holes that I made in the leading edges are egg shaped and about
5" along the leading edge, and 2.75 tall to accommodate some 2.5"dia halogen
lights- after adding 3-5 plies of bid to form the recess for the plexi, I
would feel that all structural integrity will remain- (less some impact
resistance in the leading edge within that 4.5" opening that is now plexi) ,
but certainly,I would not cut away 12 " of the leading edge to put large
lights in there-
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From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On Behalf Of
Scott Baker
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 8:14 PM
To: reflector@tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:wing lights
I'm curious about this. The hollowed out area that is outboard of the
fuel bulkhead - as innocuous as it seems, is structural. Several layers of
triax reinforcements are applied to give this area extra strength. If this
is where the "strake lights" are going, I wonder how the leading edge
cutout(s) will affect the structure - especially considering that the area
is already weakened by the creation of a wing bolt access hole on the
underside?
Scott B.
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From: Alexander Balic
To: Reflector
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR:wing lights
If anyone is interested- I have a set of molds for plexi light covers
for strake mounted recognition/landing lights - the ones that a few of us
are installing outboard of the tanks- I have already molded my covers with
them, so don't need them anymore- I will give them to anyone who wants them.
Alex
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<DIV><SPAN class=304122905-07092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Scott,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=304122905-07092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
believe that the triax is run in there to stiffen the outboard area of the
strakes to make them rigid and to transfer tortional loading from the wing
attach point to the skins of the strake - in reality this can be accomplished
with a tapered lay-up which would feather out at the leading edge - the holes
that I made in the leading edges are egg shaped and about 5" along
the leading edge, and 2.75 tall to accommodate some 2.5"dia halogen lights-
after adding 3-5 plies of bid to form the recess for the plexi, I would feel
that all structural integrity will remain- (less some impact resistance in the
leading edge within that 4.5" opening that is now plexi) , but certainly,I would
not cut away 12 " of the leading edge to put large lights in there-
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class=304122905-07092003> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Scott Baker<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 06, 2003 8:14
PM<BR><B>To:</B> reflector@tvbf.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: REFLECTOR:wing
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm curious about this. The hollowed out
area that is outboard of the fuel bulkhead - as innocuous as it seems, is
structural. Several layers of triax reinforcements are applied to give
this area extra strength. If this is where the "strake lights" are
going, I wonder how the leading edge cutout(s) will affect the structure -
especially considering that the area is already weakened by the creation of a
wing bolt access hole on the underside?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scott B.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=alex157@direcway.com href="mailto:alex157@direcway.com">Alexander
Balic</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=reflector@tvbf.org
href="mailto:reflector@tvbf.org">Reflector</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> REFLECTOR:wing lights</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=614253819-06092003>If anyone is
interested- I have a set of molds for plexi light covers for strake mounted
recognition/landing lights - the ones that a few of us are
installing outboard of the tanks- I have already molded my covers with
them, so don't need them anymore- I will give them to anyone who wants
them.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=614253819-06092003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=614253819-06092003>Alex</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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