REFLECTOR:Strakes and Wings cont.

[Joe]

I got my wings onto the center spar Saturday too.  But by Sunday night Venus
and Saturn were not in conjunction anymore, making removal more difficult
than installation.  Ditto on the saw horses.
Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Barber" <CBarber@texasattorney.net>
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Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:43 AM
Subject: REFLECTOR:Strakes and Wings cont.


> Just FYI, with plenty of Vaseline, uh, petroleum jelly, holding my tongue
> just right and, I think, Venus was in line with Saturn, I was able to get
my
> wing on my fuselage and into the garage. Wow, what a charge to see the
wing
> bolted onto the spar.  So, no template for this boy. Yippee.  Now, if I
can
> just figure out how this bottom strake fits?????? <g>
>
> BTW, thanks to whomever (I think Ronnie??) suggested to use threaded rods
to
> modify saw-horses and use them to hold up the strake.  Works GREAT. Very
> easy to make and much better than sticking blue foam up under there to
prop
> stuff up.
>
> All the best,
>
> Chris
>
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> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 7:31 AM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:FW: Buss material
>
>
> On 25 Apr 2004 at 0:16, Joe wrote:
>
> > copper.  Aluminum has a higher expansion rate than copper when subjected
> to heat.  This can lead to clamps and fasteners loosening over time.
> Commercial and residential wiring that uses aluminum,
>
> But we're talking about short distances in your typical panel buss,
> so the difference shouldn't be that great. What I'd worry more about
> is getting good, airtight connections with all those breakers.
>
> You can find copper buss bar in the Allied or Newark Electronics
> catalogs. Also check the wire retailers, like SEA.
>
> The best idea I heard was using aluminum bar as the main power
> buss fore to aft. It's lighter and cheaper than those long runs of
> copper, there's only four connections that need to be made and
> those are large enough to use nuts, bolts and high compression
> tennerman (?) washers.
>
> ---
> David Parrish
>
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