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Re: RE: Europa QA and UK autos

Subject: Re: RE: Europa QA and UK autos
From: Brian Rauchfuss - PCD <brauchfu@pcocd2.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:18:07

> Perhaps I am somewhat naive, never having built an airplane before, but I
> expected Europa to perform the "final inspection" of the goods prior to
> shipment and not have the customer find so many mistakes.  It seems to me
> that most of the problems with my kit could have been eliminated had Europa
> considered how changes in one component affect mating components.  This is
> especially obvious in the XS wings where the aileron and flap cores were cut
> too short (I suspect the lengths were correct for the Classic wing) leaving
> two fairly large spanwise gaps along the wing, and the location of the flap
> hinges on the flap and the wing are so far off that two of the three hinges
> required rather severe S bends, the mass balance boxes are badly aligned

Ouch, I knew about the aileron core being too short, but not about the flap
being too short, or that the flap hinges are incorrect.  I have built my flaps
but not built my wings or ailerons, what can I do to improve matters?

Brian


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