Rebuilding my (non Vans) experimental plane. I come to VAF because you guys are the ones that know this stuff and it is mostly universal so here goes..
Adding shoulder harnesses to my IAR823 and we've built beefy structure into the roof already but it gets closed up and I can't really reach the nut once closed up.
Is it acceptable to use a big anchor nut on the airframe side?
Like a k1000-6 with a 3/8-24 bolt into it?
In a crash the stress is mostly a shear vs trying to pull the threads out.
I was reading that some of the Vans plans show a nutplate for harness install?
Thanks in advance for the general assist.
Tj
Adding shoulder harnesses to my IAR823 and we've built beefy structure into the roof already but it gets closed up and I can't really reach the nut once closed up.
Is it acceptable to use a big anchor nut on the airframe side?
Like a k1000-6 with a 3/8-24 bolt into it?
In a crash the stress is mostly a shear vs trying to pull the threads out.
I was reading that some of the Vans plans show a nutplate for harness install?
Thanks in advance for the general assist.
Tj