Hangar Flying

Looking at the Wing attach
Why are the lower taper pins threaded ? Just for ease of assembly ?
The nut is just for safety ? How much torque do they need ?
Looks like it could lead to a possible mistake when attaching ie too much load on the bolt  , and no load on nut ?
I assume the taper pin thread was designed for that .
I have made drawings from the printed plans but have no definative dimensions - were any given out for the builder to use or was it required to buy them from Brock  ?
Lots of questions i suppose
Flyoz

OK makes sense .
Just looking at the concept - if the rudder deflected inwards it would still add drag and reduce the lift at the tip - same effect but maybe it was too much
Anyway i am not trying to redesign or change anything - just saying what if
Flyoz

You may have sen this video clip on youtube of a longeze landing at Emmen   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNaMlG_Bbxo
Its instuctional and shows how easy it is to get distracted even for the most experienced
Here is my take on what happpened
Set up for a great landing , landing brake down -but no nosewheel down .
Pilot realises nosewheel not down and starts winding it down -stops and then retracts landing brake - looses concentration on flying properly ( sec 17 )
20 starts to get nosewheel down
27 looks like going around but landing brake starts coming out again
28 - landing brake down and nose starts pitching up ( loosing airspeed ? )
29 canard stalls and bellyflops
The aircraft remains largly intact which is lucky for the pilot
It easy to get distracted in these crucial phases of flying and landing - something all of us can learn from this
Flyoz

Some questions
Are they unused ?
Do they contain all the template drawings ?
Are they still for sale ?
Flyoz

From the Varieze manual the winglet trailing edge  "cant "angle is 90 Deg to the upper wing surface - i assume if you remove the anhederal that "cant " angle remains 90 deg ?
The lower winglet section template has a line on it - is that set parallel to the fuselage centerline ? I know there is a template for setting that .
I dont have Page A8 as called for in the manual and that has all the winglet templates - anyone have a copy of that page ?
Flyoz

More questions please
If you set the main wing up 1 deg do you do the same to the strakes (which seem from the plans to be symmetrical) ?
The fuel from the wings run into a sump tank under the passenger seat and i assume it has to have a boost pump for starting or long decents
because at those times the carb is lower than the tank - what about the possibility of the sump tank behind the back rest of the passenger seat
It would not be as low as the sump tank under the passengers legs ? its slightly ahead ( C of G )  of the header tank as the original plans depict ?
Thanks
Flyoz

I have used the original templates drawings for the scans . I then printed my CAD files ( from those scans )  and placed the printed CAD file onto the original templates and they were accurate to the original templates so i beleive its as accurate as i will get them but the original templates had no measurements on them so i will have to rely on those original templates for size ( as many others must have ) .
Wing incedence - As i understand it the template waterlines are adjusted up 1 deg to increase the AOA and i am going to assume thats at the wing root attach center . Then all the other template waterlines are adjusted and checked back to the string line as you suggest . Extending the templates for accuracy makes good sense . I assume the wing tips will also rotate back 1 deg as well ?
Thanks for all  the feedback
Flyoz