Return-Path: Received: from mail.eclipse.net ([207.207.192.13]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 0-44819U2500L250S0) with ESMTP id AAA7856 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 18:41:32 -0400 Received: from bltinc.com (bb1-111.eclipse.net [207.207.196.111]) by mail.eclipse.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id SAA20482 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 18:41:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <36018F3C.D14D4D81@bltinc.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 18:37:48 -0400 From: Ed McCauley Organization: Bottom Line Technologies Inc. To: "lancair.list@olsusa.com" Subject: Re: L-IV elevator trim tab X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Richard: 1. I was of the mind to avoid aluminum rivets because of strength and the supposed galvanic issues with carbon. 2. Here's what I did: 2a. Drilled 1/4" (I think) holes all the way down the hinge 2b. Surface prepped the carbon area and hinge half 2c. Painted on a VERY thin flox mixture and then set the hinge down. 2d. Painted on a VERY thin flox mixture on top of the hinge followed by 2e. Painted on a thick flox mixture about 0.050 I'd guess 3. I'm not sure what adding glass on top of the hinge would add structurally because the key securing means are the "flox rivets". After the hinge, the cloth would immediately encounter a 90 curve so that no effective tensile strength would be obtained. If anyone knows better, I'm all ears! -- Ed McCauley Lancair IV-P Milford, NJ