I too used the manual's recommended procedure and my experience was the
same. In fact, when I realized how much material needed to be removed to
allow full motion of the ailerons I thought I had done something wrong.
In re: the quality of the photos in the printed manual.
They are generally horrid, but if you ask nicely you might get the factory
to supply some of the manual in Adobe Acrobat portable document format. The
color photos are excellent. Oops, I've let the cat out of the bag!
Actually if the folks in Kirkbymoorside were on the ball they would have the
entire manual available for download from their web site.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
-----Original Message-----
Behalf Of clevelee@cswebmail.com
Subject: Re: Wing skin closeout spacing
Bill,
I used the mixing stick technique, and found that a significant amount of
trimming was still reqired. I found that easily an additional 1/4 inch had
to be
cut back fronm the edge (for the ailerons to fit) plus fairing/feathering of
the
closeout 'layers' to provide clearance. I was pleased to see that I could
cut
the edge back in so far, and not have it generat a large gap when the
ailerons
were operated. (i.e. the the radius extends forward on the ailerons
sufficiently
to allow trimming and still present a minimal gap when done.)
So the choice becomes creating a larger gap between the top surface and
bottom
close-out which is filled with adhesive caused by a thicker flap/aileron
spacer,
or use a thineer spacer and trim back. A 1/16 t0 3/32" spacer and
subsequent
trimming worked for me.
Cleve Lee
A198 Mono XS Jabiru 3300
Detroit, MI
>
> I have held off putting the skin on the wings with the excuse that after
> they are on it is too late to change something inside. Well now I have
> pulled the wings out and have to put the skins on them and I have
questions
> about the procedure. The manual says to put tape as a spacer on the
aileron
> to space it from the closeout. And to use mixing sticks to space the flap
> to the closeout. Do I read this right? Is tape enough to account for the
> filling and painting that is applied later? If I give myself a little
more
> clearance than a tape thickness I wouldn't have to trim as much off the
skin
> to get full range of aileron movement. I did not get mixing sticks with
my
> kit so what is this thickness? Is it the thickness of the tongue
depressers
> (thinner) or the ice cream sticks (thicker) I use for mixing? Does this
> flap spacer account for filling and painting? Why is the spacer thickness
> different for the flap compared to the aileron? Am I making more of a
> problem here than is necessary? My picture in the manual of the placement
> of the spacers sticks in so washed out I can not get any help from it.
>
> Could anyone who has figured this out or sees what I am not seeing help me
> with this situation. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill McClellan
> A164
>
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