Andrew,
By all means, maintain a consistent 3-5mm gap between the flap leading
edge and the vertical portion of the wing closeout; I used doubled up
tongue depressors taped at each hinge point. As Jim sez, use a string
line or straight edge for final trimming of the trailing edge of the
aileron (or flap) to avoid "the slight misfit" and it will all be good.
Fred
On Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Andrew Sarangan wrote:
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> I am still struggling with fitting the flap to the wing. Everything
> looks fine at the root end, andit fits the template accurately. But I
> have a couple of problems with the tip-end where the flap meets the
> aileron. When I set 3-5mm recommended gap between the flap's leading
> edge and the vertical part of the wing's closeout, the trailing edge of
> the flap is about 8mm ahead of the aileron's trailing edge. In other
> words, the flap seems a bit shorter. I can line up the trailing edges,
> but then the flap/closeout gap increases to about 15mm.
>
> I am tempted to set the 3-5mm as recommended in the manual, and live
> with the slight misfit at the flap/aileron trailing edge.
> Alternatively, I could extend the flap's trailing edge with a quick
> layup. Anyone else encounter this?
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