> the flap core's two
>pieces do not have the builder made joint in the correct location
>At the root end the flap core is intentionally shorter than required. The
>manual mentions (almost casually) to set aside the piece of the core that
>was wire cut from the root end - this is later added to the "finished" flap
>closeout to fill most of the gap between the "original" flap closeout and
>the fuselage.
>
>To avoid having to fix things later, I recommend that you check how the
>length of your aileron core matches the wing before adding the glass
>with any luck, the
>problem has already been addressed and your cores are cut correctly because
>it should not take long to change a few lines of code in the CNC program
>that drives the hot wire machine - does anyone know if this has been done?
I have the full set of kit 1 foam (which was collected from
Kirkbymoorside Oct 99 and has lain untouched this past year, but
that's another story), but I have as yet no (XS) wings to measure it
against. What measurements might I make, not only to convince myself
of the correct way to proceed, but also to post here to
reassure/alarm* others? Of course, if mine's "wrong", it may be that
someone with a newer set of cores can report that the problem was
fixed later. I am guessing that despite Rob's nicely detached view
that perhaps the flaps are right and the wings are wrong, the flaps
are the bits most likely to get changed!
* delete as applicable.
regards
Rowland
PFA 16532 EAA 168386 Young Eagles Flight Leader 017623
Europa builder #435 G-ROWI
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