Comments on: About All This http://www.jimphoenix.com Old wooden boats and gliders, with an occasional weird car thrown in Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karl Kunz http://www.jimphoenix.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3235 Karl Kunz Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:59:42 +0000 http://www.jimphoenix.com/?page_id=2#comment-3235 Thanks for checking on the ailerons. My 20 is a BL which has the 16.6 meter tips which I never use, I always fly it at 15 meters. I notice Garret Willet is the owner of your Nimbus now, I worked for his dad Brett for awhile when Skysailing was located in the San Francisco Bay area. Only knew him as a new born baby. Guess I'm advancing in age as well. Thanks for checking on the ailerons. My 20 is a BL which has the 16.6 meter tips which I never use, I always fly it at 15 meters. I notice Garret Willet is the owner of your Nimbus now, I worked for his dad Brett for awhile when Skysailing was located in the San Francisco Bay area. Only knew him as a new born baby. Guess I’m advancing in age as well.

]]> By: Jim Phoenix http://www.jimphoenix.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3225 Jim Phoenix Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:28:34 +0000 http://www.jimphoenix.com/?page_id=2#comment-3225 Karl, I stand corrected, looking at 525's ailerons again, I see they have no rivets at all. It was the same with 686 - no rib stitching or pop rivets in the ailerons, the chord is so short, it's just not needed. Even the E model with a Vne of 114 (if I recall correctly) did not need rivets or stitching on the ailerons. Sorry about the misinformation earlier, I guess my memory is going at my advanced age, or maybe it's the FAA effect ;-) ASW-20 is a nice glider, is yours a C model? Jim Karl,

I stand corrected, looking at 525′s ailerons again, I see they have no rivets at all. It was the same with 686 – no rib stitching or pop rivets in the ailerons, the chord is so short, it’s just not needed. Even the E model with a Vne of 114 (if I recall correctly) did not need rivets or stitching on the ailerons. Sorry about the misinformation earlier, I guess my memory is going at my advanced age, or maybe it’s the FAA effect ;-)

ASW-20 is a nice glider, is yours a C model?

Jim

]]> By: Karl Kunz http://www.jimphoenix.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 Karl Kunz Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:44:49 +0000 http://www.jimphoenix.com/?page_id=2#comment-3224 Thanks Jim. I fly out of Central Coast Soaring Club in Avenal CA. I have a ASW20 I usually fly but still enjoy the 1-26. When I stripped the ailerons there were no rivet holes on the ribs which is why I asked. They must have been repaired at one time and not re-drilled. The rivets will be a lot easier and faster then stitching. Thanks Jim. I fly out of Central Coast Soaring Club in Avenal CA. I have a ASW20 I usually fly but still enjoy the 1-26. When I stripped the ailerons there were no rivet holes on the ribs which is why I asked. They must have been repaired at one time and not re-drilled. The rivets will be a lot easier and faster then stitching.

]]> By: Jim Phoenix http://www.jimphoenix.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 Jim Phoenix Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:46:11 +0000 http://www.jimphoenix.com/?page_id=2#comment-3223 Karl, The ailerons are pop-riveted. All fabric installed on all 1-26 models was installed with pop-rivets, even the wing fabric on the early models, no rib stitching was ever used. Here's link to an old page on 525's ailerons - if you haven't discovered it already: http://www.archive.jimphoenix.com/archive09/jimphoenix2/pages/525/5ailerons/sub5ailerons.html Where do you fly? What club? Good luck! Jim Karl,

The ailerons are pop-riveted. All fabric installed on all 1-26 models was installed with pop-rivets, even the wing fabric on the early models, no rib stitching was ever used. Here’s link to an old page on 525′s ailerons – if you haven’t discovered it already: http://www.archive.jimphoenix.com/archive09/jimphoenix2/pages/525/5ailerons/sub5ailerons.html

Where do you fly? What club?

Good luck!

Jim

]]> By: Karl Kunz http://www.jimphoenix.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3220 Karl Kunz Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:23:25 +0000 http://www.jimphoenix.com/?page_id=2#comment-3220 Jim, loved your site on 686. I am getting ready to recover the control surfaces on our club 1-26 and found that the ailerons were rib stitched and the horizontal stab, elevator and rudder were riveted. Is this how 1-26s are normally done or how Schweizer did it?? Karl Jim, loved your site on 686. I am getting ready to recover the control surfaces on our club 1-26 and found that the ailerons were rib stitched and the horizontal stab, elevator and rudder were riveted. Is this how 1-26s are normally done or how Schweizer did it??

Karl

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