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04-01-2012, 10:24 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Aguanga, Ca
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Your "many" nut plates.
This may be old news to many but I wish I had been reminded early in my build.
Tapping nut plates.
http://bcove.me/2pac44l7
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04-01-2012, 11:07 AM
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nutplates
Do what you want, but they will no longer be self locking.
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04-01-2012, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,685
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That is hard to believe
It is hard to believe that the EAA would put out a video telling people to cut out the deformed locking feature of a platenut, anchor nut or it pains me to say it nut plate.
Bob Axsom
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04-01-2012, 11:17 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Axsom
It is hard to believe that the EAA would put out a video telling people to cut out the deformed locking feature of a platenut, anchor nut or it pains me to say it nut plate.
Bob Axsom
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I find a lot of things people suggest to do to aircraft hard to believe. Biting my tongue most of the time.
When working airline overhaul I've spent entire shifts removing/installing one fastener.To bad if it was a pain to do it correctly ie. aircraft standards.
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04-01-2012, 11:56 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Wow. And he carefully shows how to start the tap at a 15 degree angle to the axis of the threads, too.
Are we sure this isn't an April Fool's video?
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Rob Prior
1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
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04-01-2012, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
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Hard to believe, but I do think he was serious.
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04-01-2012, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Meridian ID, Aspen CO, Okemos MI
Posts: 2,645
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thanks for pointing this out
Holy ****, these types of things must be part of the reason for higher than acceptable accident rates for phase 1 flying. I had already watched this video from EAA and only my lazyness kept me from getting a tap tool and doing the nutplates on the VS-rudder.
When I was installing the bolt-hinge connections, the bolts were difficult going in. I assumed I had received louzy platenuts, so I went to the EAA site and looked up platenuts and watched that video. For once, being lazy actually paid off.
Some things such as tapping a plate nut would never be caught by an inspector or mentor unless they were there when you were doing it. In the case of the VS-Rudder, it isn't really possible for the bolt to come lose because of the configuration, but there are others that could. I am sure there are opinions both ways with this, but it drives the point home to research and use your own common sense and not follow anyone or anything blindly.
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rockwoodrv9a
Williamston MI
O-320 D2A
Awaiting DAR Inspection
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04-01-2012, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
Posts: 10,768
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I have sent an e-mail to EAA asking that this video be removed.
We'll see!
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Mel Asberry, DAR since the last century.
EAA Flight Advisor/Tech Counselor, Friend of the RV-1
Recipient of Tony Bingelis Award and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
USAF Vet, High School E-LSA Project Mentor.
RV-6 Flying since 1993 (sold)
<rvmel(at)icloud.com>
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04-01-2012, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Marshall TX (KASL)
Posts: 1,783
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Bolts are one thing. Access panel phillips - head screws are another, correct?
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04-01-2012, 02:22 PM
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plate nuts
If the engineering didn't want a self locking feature, why didn't they just call out tinnerman nutplates? Yes they are called nutplates. Even access panels can be a load bearing part that you don't want leaving the airplane.
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