Brief Description: Flaperon torque arm spacer (32-08)
I tried different techniques to cut the blocks but the one that worked best was to go back to old faithful, the dremmel with a cut-off wheel. I don’t have a band saw and the hack saw is so difficult to make a straight cut. I was able to get the straightest cut with the dremmel, just ended up with a little spun nylon flying around and just needed the razor knife to clean up the edges a little. I then spent the day trying to get a better idea on what is the best epoxy for a powder coat painted surface to nylon. Of all the people that talk about and log information about building an RV-12, no on mentions what epoxy they used. Saying attach with epoxy is like saying...use rivets to assembly the plane together. There are a ton of different types of epoxy adhesives and nylon is a material that doesn't stick well with a lot of adhesives. So after a unproductive internet search. I asked Vans and I posted my first question out on Vansairforce forum. I only got one response back from the forum...JB weld. Vans replied later with any epoxy will work and they used the West System, but at that point I had already committed to JB weld. Seemed to work fine and I put a little extra in the #12 holes to give it some mechanical bond with the rivets. After I let that set up for 24 hrs, did some trial fits and it was a little tight, so I did some sanding on the nylon blocks until it was a snug fit but doesn't require too much force to slide on. It may still need some more work, but I'll see when I fit the wing on.
