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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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Like others I have always felt that the strips encourage behaviors and give a false sense of security. Best avoided in my view.
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Mine's starting to bulge. Something I need to get my hands on sooner than later.
The rivnuts are an interesting approach. Do they sit pretty flush to the wing.?..I was wondering if the running strips end up sitting slightly off the wing. The Rivnuts i used do sit slightly proud but i also used d/s trim tape under the strips as an extra seal, that compresses nicely over the Rivnut.
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Mine's starting to bulge. Something I need to get my hands on sooner than later.
The rivnuts are an interesting approach. Do they sit pretty flush to the wing.?..I was wondering if the running strips end up sitting slightly off the wing. Ignoring the first 2 lines of your post...... I share your concern about rivnuts. One job for the winter last year was to replace all the rusting bolts on Tarka, the rubber was bulging. To eliminate the corrosion caused by different metals I was planning to source "peek" screws and nuts. Skiffy sell them. Given there is no real load on the screws and their multiplicity I felt that they would be fine, and as a fibre reinforced polymer, they could not cause corrosion. Instead I bought a car without running strips.....!!
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I share your concern about rivnuts. One job for the winter last year was to replace all the rusting bolts on Tarka, the rubber was bulging. To eliminate the corrosion caused by different metals I was planning to source "peek" screws and nuts. Skiffy sell them. Given there is no real load on the screws and their multiplicity I felt that they would be fine, and as a fibre reinforced polymer, they could not cause corrosion. Instead I bought a car without running strips.....!! [/quote] PEEK screws would be a good solution, albeit expensive especially if carbon fibre reinforced. As a Technical Manager for the UK company who manufactured PEEK I used to deal with a Swiss company who made carbon fibre pultruded rod then shaped to make a screw thread. They were incredibly strong and would take a huge amount of torque, alas they were incredibly expensive. I have often thought that the lubricated grade of PEEK would have been ideal for the sliding pillar bushes.
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Yes, they are not cheap! A box of 25 for US$ 56.73 plus tax and shipping.... Peek M4 Set Screw Plus the nuts.... But how much a re-pray?
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If the first one doesn't work?
Best Regards
Lang may yer lum reek
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If the first one doesn't work? Change your God!
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Best Regards
Lang may yer lum reek
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