>The flap should not move outboard as it is raised. If anything, there
>should be a slight movement inboard as the hinge centres are progressively
>further from the wing the further inboard you go.
>
>If the flaps are found to move outboard during retraction it is because
>there is inadequate clearance between the flap root and the operating tube
>which runs through the fuselage.
>Ensure that the flaps and this tube don't come into contact with each
>other until the flaps are up or within 5 degrees down maximum.
>Andy Draper
Thanks Andy, absolutely right. Wooly thinking I guess. My incomplete
thought was the flap will move out, but only if the flap cross tube is too
long. IOW adjust the length of the flap tube, not the flap.
Sorry folks!.
Graham
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