Re: Aeronca 11AC Chief Project FS

Victor Bravo wrote:
> On Jun 24, 6:32 am, Gig 601Xl Builder <wrgiac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> 
>> Jay, he's full of crap. The Horz Stab has four attach points. It
doesn't
>> move at all unless you count the fact that the entire airplane moves
>> when you move it.
> 
> I am indeed full of crap sometimes, but not this time. The four attach
> points that Dr. Einstein here was referring to are the exact parts
> that moved slightly when I pulled on the stabilizer tip.
> 

You said 3 inches. I went out to the air****t last night and checked this 
just to be sure. On my unfinished 601XL (but the tail is attached per 
specs) I was able to get <1/2 inch. of total movement. So either you got 
  you were dealing with a broken 601XL or as I said before you are full 
of crap.

But let's say you were correct, and I am most certainly not saying that 
you are, what possible in-flight stress could take advantage of such a 
condition to cause damage or failure of the plane? I can't think of any 
force acting on the airframe in flight that would do what you are doing 
with your hand.

Now I'm not saying you couldn't bend the attach points enough to make it 
move 3" but you'd only get to do that once on my plane before I hit you 
with a baseball bat.