If the wing is properly seated in the fuse saddle, then it would
take a good hit just to shear 2 #4-40 nylon screws, which are better mounted
at LE and TE. But you do a lot of landing flying HLG, so learn to do them
soft and supress all urges to turn around when flying downwind and low. It
really is much easier to shag than repair!
> From: Bill Harris[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 6:42 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [RCSE] Wing bolt tenacity?
>
> I've been flying the Chrysalis HLG a lot and am starting to get the hang
> of it.
>
> One bad habit that I've working on is flying too low and too slow and
> stalling at about 2' altitude and making a mini-dork landing. No damage,
> but there is a tendency to shear one or both of the rear wing bolts. I
> have two 6-32 nylon bolts at the spar and two 6-32 nylon at the TE stock
> and evidently there is enough lift or twist to shear these rear bolts at
> the fuse mounting block. This has been the only damage from these hard
> landings.
>
> The obvious solution would be to quit the dork landings, but I wonder if
> this might be an indication that these bolts are undersized and might be
> in jeopardy of shearing on a really hard and "proper" throw in the future.
> It would be no problem to upgrade them to 8-32.
>
> Other than that, gotta love it...
>
> --Bill
>
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