Cliiff and Brian.
Thanks for your input.
Rotating the flap rod helps considerably with clearance but still leaves me too
close for comfort to the tunnel side when the gear is down.
This would be corrected were I to position the flap horn on the inboard side of
FL19.
I have yet to finalise flap travel and flap rod adjustment and this will change
the geometry of the whole thing so I will leave worrying until I have time to
rig the wings and sort it out.
By the way, this afternoon I noticed that the flap tube was also close to
fouling
the top captive nut for the inspection panel on the side of the tunnel. A
warning
that this could happen would have been nice to read in the manual.
Regards
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Cliff Shaw
To: mp.gamble@virgin.net
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 4:47 AM
Subject: Flap rod
Mike
I have done two Moons and made them work with bending the rod. I thought at
first
that would be easier, but found that by twisting the rod it fir OK. It will
come close to conflicting , but it worked for me.
Be sure to leave the end fitting loose so the rod can rotate to its best fir.
Then tighten up the lock nuts.
The problem I had was in the up position. The crosswise bar that goes out
each
side to the flaps. It came up and hit the bulkhead. HARD ! Look out for that
problem too.
Good luck.
Cliff Shaw
1041 Euclid ave.
Edmonds, WA 98020
425 776 5555
Back doing the test flight.
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