Wing root bolt hole slop

[redbowen]

Wisdan do you have any pictures of that set up?

[DesertFox4]

I have seen the stainless repair inserts WISDAN speaks of years ago. I also believe they were from Blue Sky Av.
I saw them at Murle Williams (Williams Aviation in Phoenix, AZ.)
Murle had a set but I am not sure if he used them or not in a spar repair. You might give him a call. 602-978-0553.
The spar repair inserts looked very high quality.

[airlina]

I believe these are the inserts you are talking about. When I was building back in the late 90's there was a guy in Colorado that made aftermarket stuff for the Kitfox and these SS wing spar root inserts were one of the items. i used them on my Series 5 . Was a slick setup as they were a nice tight fit in the spar and were glued and riveted in place. Weren't cheap though at 330 bucks and history has shown in the great safety record of the Kitfox that they were probably overkill and the current design has served well. Bruce N199CL

[DesertFox4]

Bruce, yes those are the ones I saw at Murle’s many years ago. Really they were overkill but a neet solution for a miss drilled hole or worn ones.

[WISDAN]

DesertFox 4 is correct, the inserts were designed to repair damaged or mis- drilled spar holes. Not really needed for a normal wing build as the kit supplied spar doublers are more than sufficient.

[WISDAN]

By the way, they were of high quality as airlina stated and fit and worked great for my wings. Unfortunately I don't have any photos but can take some in early April if you need them.

[Agfoxflyer]

I also used the stainless spar inserts on my 5 and was very happy with them.