RE: ViperJet (moved from FLJ 2005 thread)
Just aquick question here about the hinging on all the viperjet surfaces. I saw a kit recently and can agree that you will leave some portion of the hinge unsupported. I can honestly tell you that in my eurosport the rudder was the same way. It had an arm failure and fluttered like there was no tommorrow. The rudder never even came loose. Not to say that that is right that part of the hinge goes unsupported, but I built up the unsupported hinge with a little hysol before i attached the rudder, maybe that was what held it, I dont know. But my proposal is, and Im thinking about the hinge line on the viperjet, why not place a 1/8 or 1/4 piece of ply on top of all the holes that exist in the viperjet hinge line, and drill the holes again. Now you have built the hinge line out to the unsupported portion of the hinge, and now its supported. Can anyone see a potential problem with that? If not that should solve it.
Pete