REFLECTOR: RE: Captive cowl fasteners

Scott Derrick scott at tnstaafl.net
Sun Oct 3 17:52:20 CDT 2004


I'd love to see some pictures!!

I've made numerous repairs to my prop from self extracting screws in 
flight. None recently since I have made it a habit to retighten after first 
flight of installing cowl, and check them every 20 or so hours.

These are flush fasteners at the cowl to fusalage junction???


Scott

At 04:46 PM 10/3/2004, you wrote:
>As I said, I'm not completely finished.
>The cowl-to-wing attachments have not been made, and I won't get around to 
>doing that until I move out to the hangar.
>
>We recently primered the fuselage, and removed the fasteners, so no pics 
>for now.
>
>But to answer what I think you are asking; yes the same fasteners should 
>work on the cowl to wing.  Since these are adjustable, I think the maximum 
>thickness (two fiberglass layers) is about a quarter inch.
>
>The fasteners are very flexible in the thicknesses this combination can 
>handle.  Their product line is confusing, but it makes sense after a 
>while.  If it turns out you need a different stud (material too thick for 
>fastener), Skybolt will let you return it for a dash 3 stud, but a dash 3 
>would really handle some thick stuff.  I don't think you'll ever find a 
>need for a dash 3.
>
>
>  Brian Michalk  <<http://www.michalk.com/>http://www.michalk.com>
>Life is what you make of it ... never wish you had done something.
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On 
>Behalf Of Gordon Putney
>Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 5:09 PM
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: RE: Captive cowl fasteners
>
>Thanks for the info Brian.   Are these same fasteners used between cowls 
>and wings, and cowl half to cowl half?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:michalk at awpi.com>Brian Michalk
>To: <mailto:CGPutney at msn.com>Gordon Putney
>Cc: <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>reflector at tvbf.org
>Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 10:22 AM
>Subject: REFLECTOR: RE: Captive cowl fasteners
>
>Sorry for the delay.
>
>I have mine installed, and am using the following parts:
>
>Stud: sk40s5-2s
>Grommet: sk-0s
>receptacle: sk245-4
>snap ring: skr4g
>
>It's about $10 per fastener.  Not cheap, but I like them.
>
>
>  Brian Michalk  <<http://www.michalk.com>http://www.michalk.com>
>Life is what you make of it ... never wish you had done something.
>Aviator, experimental aircraft builder, motorcyclist, SCUBA diver
>musician, home-brewer, entrepreneur and barely single
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gordon Putney [mailto:CGPutney at msn.com]
>Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 7:55 PM
>To: Brian Michalk
>Subject: Captive cowl fasteners
>
>Brian,   Have you posted subject pics yet?    I can't find them.   Also, 
>have you the source and part numbers?
>
>Thanks,   Gordon
>
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