tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601705701943020369.post2442863408619357893..comments2024-03-28T01:10:54.285-07:00Comments on XP-82 Twin Mustang Project: August NewsletterXP-82 Twin Mustang Restoration Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03377914343784346801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601705701943020369.post-7925593200460571552013-09-18T09:16:50.075-07:002013-09-18T09:16:50.075-07:00Hello Tom,
Thank you for the info!! I do have on...Hello Tom,<br /><br />Thank you for the info!! I do have one more question for you (and to anyone who reads this) where can I obtain copies, originals, CD or PDF of the Yale Maintenance Manual and Illustrated Parts Catalog?<br /><br />Thank You,<br />GregAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601705701943020369.post-37563670579363511982013-09-07T13:17:57.841-07:002013-09-07T13:17:57.841-07:00The wing attach angles on the NA64 Yale are very s...The wing attach angles on the NA64 Yale are very similar to the AT-6 (Harvard). I am not sure about the bolt pattern or the dihedral built into the angle. If they are the same as a Harvard, it would be best to buy them from Lance Aircraft in Dallas, TX. I have made many new angles milled together as a left and a right, a little bit wider on the bolt flange to accommodate the width of the band saw blade and enough to make a mill pass or two for cleanup. Make the angles out of 2024 T3511. Only after the milling is done, press bend both angles while they are still attached. Press bend to the correct airfoil shape, then cut them apart, do your final milling and then drill the holes with undersized drills and reamers to exact match the wing or center section angle, depending on which one you need.<br /><br />Peres Pattern, an extremely competent machine shop in Erie, PA, just finished last year milling two upper Harvard angles for me. Excellent job and reasonable on the dollars. To mill and bend only one angle, will cost you more than to make two matching ones back-to-back. Peres Pattern's phone number: 814-456-2084 (Vic Peres). Hard to reach him on the phone, but you will eventually catch him. He also made all of our XP-82 spar caps and all of the wing attach angles.<br /><br />(I owned thirteen NA64 Yales from the Simmons Auction. I restored five of them to flying condition and ended up with about 400 hours of Yale time. They are very tricky on landing and have violent stall characteristics. Be careful and have a thoroughly experienced Yale pilot do your test flying.)<br />Thankx.<br />Tom ReillyXP-82 Twin Mustang Restoration Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377914343784346801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601705701943020369.post-78245785228851431732013-08-30T08:53:12.379-07:002013-08-30T08:53:12.379-07:00Hi Tom,
I am a Director and AME with the Bomber Co...Hi Tom,<br />I am a Director and AME with the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton, Alberta (www.bombercommandmuseum.ca). We are currently restoring a North American Yale to airworthy condition and I need some assistance with the wing attach angles. The Yale wings attach just like the XP-82, where does one obtain such parts? Any help you could provide would be super! You and are your crew are doing an awesome job on the XP-82!!!<br />Thanks,<br />Greg MorrisonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com