PAU Owners Thread

[Bipeguy03]

View attachment 19272 Hey Guys..
Anyone know if these are available at the local Home Depot, Lowes or Hardware Store, and what size they are. This is on my 100cc Edge.

I'm pretty sure they are 8-32.

 

[Phil.Griffin]

Thanks guys..
I may make a Lowes trip tomorrow and see if I can find some.

 

[ghoffman]

First pass at PAU baffles.

 

[ghoffman]

First pass at PAU baffles

 

[Phil.Griffin]

Boy, I needed some of those a couple months back...

 

[Terryscustom]

Phil when you got your plane was there extra's in the hardware pack??? I know when I assembled mine there were two sets of screws, one was aluminum and one was steel. I used the steel as per the manual. Mayby they changed since, I dunno.

 

[Phil.Griffin]

I've actually located one extra bolt. There may have been others, but my shop is a wreck and I've not seen them so far. I'll check this one to make sure it's steel before installing it. Terry, do you think these bolts are something that would be available locally, or only from Herve'?

 

[skibum44]

View attachment 19272 Hey Guys..
Anyone know if these are available at the local Home Depot, Lowes or Hardware Store, and what size they are. This is on my 100cc Edge.

What happened?

 

[Phil.Griffin]

What happened?

I honestly do not know. This was on what was going to be the final flight of the day anyway, and upon landing, a buddy noticed the linkage hanging down. It's the outboard servo, left wing. At least it's an easy fix.

 

[49dimes]

When I used to use those style linkages I always swapped out the mild steel for stainless. Used 3.5 inch socket cap hex bolts. I got them from RTL fastners. Lowes and Home depot have stainless fastners but I doubt they will have what your looking for in stock. I hear a lot of guys like Terry use McMaster Carr. One thing to look for is that the bolt has threads almost to the cap. The 3.5" 8-32 I get from RTL have the threads start 5/8 inch down from the cap. This allows for only threads to protrude through the control surface.

I just went to RTL and he no longer shows 8-32 ss socket caps 3.5" long

Only thing I found was steel 8-32 3inches long. It has been a long time since I have ordered obviously.