Hi Steve and Pete
Just wondering where you got this 5 hinge requirement from? It may have
applied under the old Australian ABAA (Amateur Built Aircraft Approval) but
I don't recall it. In any case the ABAA is now obsolete and replaced by
Experimental. Under the latter, provided you can
Steve,
If you're wanting to get an Australian CoA for the aircraft then you
might have to refit to the Aus. standard of 5 hinge points along the
Horizontal.
Cheers.
Pete.
On 2/11/2010 12:50, Steven Bedford wrote:
> Sorry Dan I did not mean to say that the original hinges were not airworthy..
>
Dan Heath wrote:
> Sorry, can't resist...Please explain
> where this new knowledge comes from.
Sorry Dan I did not mean to say that the original hinges were not airworthy.
I had read somewhere
that the Australian government required 5 instead of 3 elevator hinges and
I wasn't sure
if I
Sorry, can't resist... What is it that we "know now about KR hinges"?
Sure, Dr. Dean hinges may be better, but KRs have been flying for years on
the original hinges and I have never heard of a failure. Please explain
where this new knowledge comes from.
See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then
I've got to keep the record straight but the
rod ends I used came from a gentleman
named Mel Locke from Calgary Alberta
they are not rod ends like Dr. Dean suggested
and personally I like his idea better. They
were easier to do than what I did on my
KR1. I'm still amazed that I got my hinge
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