REFLECTOR: CANARD ATTACHMENT

Dave Dent davedent at comcast.net
Mon Apr 11 00:03:17 CDT 2005


I have a XL with a dog house over the canard.  This is a must, I wouldn't have a Velocity without it. This allows access to the two 1/4' bolts easier.
My bolts are with the heads facing forward.  I have removed my canard at least 10 times. If you mount the bolts the other way I'm sure you would be dropping the nuts and washers at least every other time into the nose gear well when you remove them.  But believe me it makes no difference. In my plane you could be looking for nuts and washers possibly for a good 15 minutes if dropped.   But in most aircraft installations you will always find the bolts facing aft and  outboard to inboard.  That way if the nut was to fall off the bolt would have a tendency to stay in place by its own weight.  
When installing a bolt remember this.  If the nut would fall off, would the bolt remain in place?  AC 43.13 also instructs this method.
Dave
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Al Gietzen 
  To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list' 
  Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:50 PM
  Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: CANARD ATTACHMENT


  Subject: REFLECTOR: CANARD ATTACHMENT



  I noticed in the Builder's Manual ... it shows the canard attach bold going with the bolt heads facing forward, and nuts to the rear.

  I don't think this should make a big difference ... but I want to get feedback from those with more experience.



  Any info will be appreciated!



  Probably makes little difference; but I tend to follow the old rule of thumb - bolt heads up or forward - to minimize the chance of the bolt coming out should the nut manage to work its way off.



  Al



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