http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/ en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:01:45 +0000 120 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/d/408883-6/DUMMYSPARHOLDER.jpg http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/ http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/DSC00899.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/DSC00899.JPG.html
Once the fuse comes out of our cradle, we are ready to mount Training Wheels to Dummy Spars.
Wood was painted with a brush using Rustoleum no stink.
Training wheels painted with Rustoleum rattle can Enamel after they were stripped using chemical spray on stripper, scuffed and primed.

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Our Training wheels are ready to install on dummy spars.
I turned a shoulder on the castellated lock nuts, then TIG welded in place, the mounting plate pivot bracket was ground off, repositioned and re-TIG-welded in place and the handles were cut down and re-TIG-welded to a size that allowed your knuckles to clear the fuse. There isn't much load on the wheels so the short lever arm of the handles should not be a problem.

Y14-01-19]]> rparigoris photo Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:12:21 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/IMG_0269.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/IMG_0269.JPG.html
This pic shows the tip of the port dummy spar (which is not mod 78, but shape of short wing tip) fit into the cow-bell.

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I melted the nut to the washer, figuring it will be easier to retrieve on a completed aeroplane than a separate nut and washer.
It also aids install having only one piece of hardware instead of two.
This pic shows the tip of the starboard dummy spar that is the shape of Mod 78.

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The jacks will be mounted to the front side of the dummy spars.

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Wayne applied construction adhesive to help get the two 3/4" halves stuck together better than if we were to just have used screws.

Y13-12-12]]> rparigoris photo Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:12:35 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/IMG_0261.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/IMG_0261.JPG.html
Art dicing and sliced up a pair of trailer jacks (with wheels).
He cut off the pivot and moved it way up on the jack, then rotated 45 degrees to allow hand cranking without hitting your knuckles on the fuse while all the time not sticking out very far.
Also cut down the arm length to make a nice concise fit of things.
These jacks do pivot (they have a spring loaded detente pin), so they can be rotated making a smaller footprint when storing.
You see Art cleaning up the target area where the pivot bracket is going to be remelted (re-TIG-welded) to.

We purchased these I think off of E-Bay several years ago.

Y13-12-12]]> rparigoris photo Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:45:35 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/IMG_0259.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/IMG_0259.JPG.html
Since the port dummy spar doesn't have a cow-bell, we made the starboard dummy spar the shape of mod 78.

Y13-12-12]]> rparigoris photo Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:14:34 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/IMG_0258.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album257/Mono+holder/DUMMYSPARHOLDER/IMG_0258.JPG.html
The shape of our port dummy spar is Mod 78 except for the tip which will fit into our current short wing cow-bell (bonded to the aft side of the cockpit module).
Once Mod 78 is complete and glider wings rigged, the cow-bell will be removed.
Thus this dummy spar will fit now with the cow-bell installed and later once the cow-bell is removed.

Y13-12-12]]> rparigoris photo Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:16:19 +0000