REFLECTOR: canard question

[Tony Babb]

Hi Grigore,
 
Mine was a fast build kit with similar problems. I did the same as suggested
by Al, to get the fore/aft level just measure in several places along the
canard and take an average. As for level left/right I carefully measured
using a digital level - but it was still out by almost an inch - one end of
the canard was higher than the other by about 3/4 inch when compared to the
Center Section spar. I contacted the V factory and they said the best way to
measure left/right was to stand about 10 - 20 feet in front of the nose and
then compare the canard with the Center Section spar - make sure the canard
is level with the CS spar. This will give you the most accurate measurement.

 
By the way, if you ever have to remove the canard bushings - as I did - all
you have to do is put a soldering iron in the bolt hole in the bushing, wait
about 5 - 10 minutes and the heat will soften the adhesive so that you can
easily tap out the bushing with a small hammer. I then expanded the hole
about 1/8 inch in the direction I needed and inserted the bushing with
Aeropoxy adhesive. I checked with the support people at Aeropoxy, they said
there'd be no problem with a small gap around the bushing, the Aeropoxy will
easily seal it and fill up the gap. 
 
Tony 
SEFG FBF, FBW
www.alejandra.net/velocity
62% done, 78% to go.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Grigore Rosu
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 1:17 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: canard question



I'm just about to install the bushings for the canard lifts, but I had a
hard time to level the canard perfectly.
 
It is level both left-right and with respect to the distance to the spar,
but it is stubborn to get perfectly level with respect to the "incidence
block".  BTW, my kit came with a part called "canard rigging board", while
the manual mentions using an "incidence block" to level the canard; are
these the same thing?? 
 
So my problem is the following: no matter how much and where I shim it, some
parts of the canard will be level wrt the indicence block, while others will
be slightly off; the differences are not big (for example, the air ball is
still in between the black lines), but I'd like it to be perfect. 
 
I bought a fast built kit, so the canard came already made.  Analyzing it
carefully, it appears that it is not perfect, it is slightly bent is some
places.
 
Is this something I should worry about right now, or it can be finely-tuned
later?  Where is it more important to be perfectly level, next to the
fuselage/lifts, or towards its endings?
 
Thank you,

Grigore

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