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Panther Builders Manual
Team Panther
Sport Performance Aviation LLC
10/21/2013
Revision 1.5.2

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Summary of Contents for Spa Panther

  • Page 1 Panther Builders Manual Team Panther Sport Performance Aviation LLC 10/21/2013 Revision 1.5.2...
  • Page 3 Panther Builders Manual Table of Contents Introduction ..................................4 About This Document.............................. 4 References ..................................4 Getting Support ................................5 Overview of Build Layout ............................5 Getting Ready to Build ..............................5 Building Considerations ............................5 LSA Version................................5 Sport Version ................................5 Folding Wings ................................
  • Page 4 Countersinking Holes............................12 Dimpling Techniques ............................12 Building the Tail ................................. 12 Parts Inventory List............................... 12 Tools Needed ................................15 Elevators ..................................16 Right Elevator ............................... 16 Left Elevator ................................21 Rudder ..................................26 Overview ................................. 26 Detailed Instructions............................26 Horizontal Tail .................................
  • Page 5 Panther plans owner and you do not have access to this site please contact us right away. Panther Blog – this is a must for anyone who wants to keep up with what is going on with SPA. Sign up for automatic email delivery at www.FlyPanther.net...

  • Page 6: Building Considerations

    3.13-2B/ Getting Support SPA LLC You can submit a Support Request directly to SPA LLC if you need to. Please click HERE (www.FlywithSPA.com/contactus.html) for our support site. Our response time is generally within a few hours or so. If you need immediate assistance you can also place a phone call directly to 904.563.4337.

  • Page 7: Detailed Instructions

    Rudder Overview The rudder consists of the skin, 3 ribs, 4 stiffeners, a hinge half, and the rudder control horn. Simple overview 1. Prepare Parts using guidelines HERE 2. Fit rudder control horn to rudder rib 1 3. Fit stiffeners to skin 4.
  • Page 8 *NOTE again use care when drilling hinge and the aft of the skin to ribs to prevent damage to outer adjacent skin surface! 3. Trim P-T-VT-R-skin stiffeners from the “strip” and cleco to skins. Trim as needed. 4. Fit ribs per plans and cleco in place. Fitting the ribs correctly requires applying pressure to the ribs so they are forced to fit tight against the front skin.
  • Page 9 b. Drill furthest aft hole on the center line (shown in photo below)
  • Page 10 c. Flip the rudder over and drill forward hole verifying the trailing edge bend centerline is on the centerline of the tooling holes (see photo below) d. Move to the forward hole and drill pressing down firmly when drilling (see photo below)
  • Page 11 e. Then using firm pressure so the corner of the skin is tight to the rib side and front drill the first hole in the front (see photo below) IMPORTANT STEP: Uncleco the top (small rib) and attach the fixture block to rib 3 with ¼...
  • Page 12 6. Remove the clecos from the ribs on right side of rudder and place front of skin on front side of the shorter hinge flange. This makes it much easier to drill the front rivet row in the skin as the longer “flexible” side is supported by the short “stiff” side.
  • Page 13 9. Align hinge on rudder per plans. Drill/ cleco #40 hinge using care so it and leading edge of rudder is straight.
  • Page 14 10. Remove the clecos from the hinge and right side of rudder and return the skin front to under the shorter flange and re-cleco rudder and hinge. With rudder on flat surface up drill all holes to #30 cleco-ing as you go. *NOTE again use care when drilling hinge and the aft of the skin to ribs to prevent damage to outer adjacent skin surface! 11.
  • Page 15 Horizontal Tail Overview The horizontal tail consists of 6 nose ribs, 6 main ribs, 2 forward spar channels attached with a stiffener and two aft spar channels attached with a stiffener. Then each side of the horizontal stab is covered with a skin, one for the left and then one for the right. The elevator hinge half is attached to the upper rear spar flange.