After digging a bit more into bolts and nuts a learned that torque isn’t tension.
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Month: June 2018
Tension test AN3 and NAS6603 bolts
I was curious about how strong the aviation grade bolts are. With help from the University in Delft at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering I did some tension tests.
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Left main spar fixes
I had to do the same corrections on the left main spar as I had to do on the right spar.
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Right wing skeleton
After the spar and rib 6 was ready I could assemble the right wing skeleton.
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Wing spar update on AN3 bolts (trial 2 = better solution)
After reviewing again my update from AN3 to NAS6603 I decided to change to AN173 bolts.
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