What part of “permanent” do the people who make the plans at Van’s not understand?
I’m in section 12 - fairings. To date, I’ve assembled parts of the tail where I was instructed to “bolt parts together”, and in some cases the plans either implied or explicitly said “permanently.”
So, I’ve torqued bolts to official tightness, painted stripes on bolts, and bent cotter / clevis pins as instructed.
Then I get to page 12-6 and I’m told to remove the horizontal and vertical stabilizers to attach some nut plates for the fairing.
$&@$!!!!!!!
You mean all the assemblies that I installed “permanently”??? The ones where everything was assembled as instructed to final settings? Where I’ve adjusted the push rods and the trim cables to exactly the right length??? Where I have paint lines on all the bolts that I was told to permanently attach them?
All of THAT I have to take apart and do over at some point?????? Not to mention now I have to go order more replacement parts for all the bent pins and the bolts that will start to show wear after being inserted and removed a few times.
Are they kidding me??? And do you think that maybe, just maybe, then could have included a warning 30 $#%&ing pages ago to NOT assemble everything in final form??????
I’m in section 12 - fairings. To date, I’ve assembled parts of the tail where I was instructed to “bolt parts together”, and in some cases the plans either implied or explicitly said “permanently.”
So, I’ve torqued bolts to official tightness, painted stripes on bolts, and bent cotter / clevis pins as instructed.
Then I get to page 12-6 and I’m told to remove the horizontal and vertical stabilizers to attach some nut plates for the fairing.
$&@$!!!!!!!
You mean all the assemblies that I installed “permanently”??? The ones where everything was assembled as instructed to final settings? Where I’ve adjusted the push rods and the trim cables to exactly the right length??? Where I have paint lines on all the bolts that I was told to permanently attach them?
All of THAT I have to take apart and do over at some point?????? Not to mention now I have to go order more replacement parts for all the bent pins and the bolts that will start to show wear after being inserted and removed a few times.
Are they kidding me??? And do you think that maybe, just maybe, then could have included a warning 30 $#%&ing pages ago to NOT assemble everything in final form??????