REFLECTOR: Canard Incidence

[Al Gietzen]

Larry;

 

I realize you are quite a way along at this point in mounting the canard;
but you might find it useful to read over my alternative method for mounting
and aligning the canard that I wrote years ago when I did mine.

http://members.cox.net/alg3/canmt.htm

 

As far as lowering the bushings and filling in; construction adhesive mixed
with milled fiber is much stronger than the wood.  Also, unless your plans
are different, there are plys of triax front and back on the bulkhead which
add plenty of strength.  

 

All the best,

 

Al

 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of milehitaz
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:16 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Canard Incidence

 

Hello great collective,

Couple of questions for you all....

 

I am working on setting the Canard Incidence on an XL/RG and remember great
discussions on how to set. I am going for Zero bubble on my gauge and when I
get that I find that my canard sits about 1/8 inch above my canard bulkhead
in the bushing holes I have drilled. 

 

Scott Swing at Velocity said its not a big deal, the gap can be filled with
micro but it's better to grind the bushing holes downward to get the canard
sitting on the bulkhead top. Who am I to argue with the Guru's?  Then angle
the holes backward and down to get the incidence. Has most everyone gone
through this or did I just screw up that much drilling out the bushing
holes? I would have rather had Wood on top of my bushings but now I will
have a little structural adhesive, then the wood...is this how everyone else
has had their canard mounts go? 

 

Second....I have a slight twist to my canard on the Right side only...is
there one part of the canard that it better to gauge "Average " at?

 

Thank you all in advance for your input....

 

Larry Lambert

XL/RG

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