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Vertical Tail Main Spar Assembly

Postby BobDz » Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:15 pm

Working on my Main Spar Assembly.

I do not see torque values called out on the plan for the AN3 bolts. Using AC43.13-1B, Table 7-1, I come up with 12-15 inch pounds.

Is my thinking correct?

Thanks in advance.
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Re: Vertical Tail Main Spar Assembly

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:37 pm

Bob,
That sounds right. I used to have a torque table on my old phone that I downloaded from the Van's forum. One thing to remember is to add the running torque to the recommended values for non-locking stuff. See:
https://vansairforce.net/community/show ... hp?t=80363
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Re: Vertical Tail Main Spar Assembly

Postby BobDz » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:17 pm

Thanks Bryan
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Re: Vertical Tail Main Spar Assembly

Postby Murray Parr » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:42 pm

10-32 is fine thread series standard type nut. The torque table shows 20-25 inch pounds for those, just measure how much drag the nyloc adds and add that to the lower. I think the value you have is for shear type nuts.
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Re: Vertical Tail Main Spar Assembly

Postby BobDz » Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:38 pm

Thanks Murray.i did catch my mistake before assembly .
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Re: Vertical Tail Main Spar Assembly

Postby SonexYo » Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:35 pm

I've been using this chart.

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