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09-13-2013, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: KANE, Hugo, Minnesota
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How many cleco's could a builder chuck...
If a builder could chuck cleco's?  I am building both wings at the same time. Considering the leading edges and fuel tanks, how many 3/32 cleco's do you think I will need? Thanks!
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Aaron Arvig
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09-14-2013, 02:26 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sydney, Aust.
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A builder would chuck all the cleco's he could chuck if a builder could chuck cleco's. 
Seriously though, with my QB, I have never thought I would even come close to running out of cleco's, indeed I still have some on the shelf in their bag... I bought an RV toolkit from Isham so whatever came in that has seen me through so far.
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09-14-2013, 06:03 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 456
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Cleo's
I went slow build and bought 1000. Can't have to many but you can have not enough.
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09-14-2013, 06:56 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Adelaide South Australia, Australia
Posts: 193
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Never to many
I bought a tool kit which I thought had more than enough clecos, but when I was doing the wings I had to buy more. However since then I have never used more than a small percentage of the total number now in the box.
Guess I will just have to build another aircraft ?!!??!! 
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09-14-2013, 07:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Maple Grove, MN
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I had about a 2 lb coffee can full - not sure how many that is, but only a few hundred. I built both wings at the same time and didn't have an issue. I'm sure I skipped every other hole or three when using clecos. Seems to fly just fine.
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KADC, Wadena, MN
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09-14-2013, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Moose Jaw, SK, Canada
Posts: 550
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I have a spare cleco (that's right - ONE). It showed up last week while doing my annual, wedged in a groove on the floor of the tailcone where it had lain undisturbed since the airplane's builder finished construction 10 years ago. I totally missed it last year during my first annual, but the mechanic I had helping me this year had sharper eyes (and smaller hands to get in there) and retrieved it. Interesting little souvenir!
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09-14-2013, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Shreveport, LA
Posts: 1,002
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1000 is about right
I too have about 1,000 3/32 clecos and I have all of them in use while I build both my slow build wings and leading edges at the same time. Once you remove the underside skins like the directions say, you have all those clecos to use on your tanks.
Last edited by blueflyer : 09-14-2013 at 02:10 PM.
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09-14-2013, 08:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Gilbert AZ
Posts: 414
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I bought 800 silver; I built both wings at the same time. There were multiple times during the wings and once or twice during the fuse kit where I ran out.
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09-14-2013, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Defiance, MO
Posts: 1,666
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How many Cleco's do you need?
10 more than you have.
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Philip
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09-14-2013, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
Posts: 1,031
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Cleco count..
I got 275 with my tool kit and just ordered 300 more while I build my wings (both in parallel). Sounds like another 300 would be useful!
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