I thought about it, but believe that the aileron is sufficiently
recessed to negate the need. My opinion, of course. I also considered
the compressible seal, but did not have any around the shop. Might
still try it out, as replacing the styrene would be easy and cheap,
should I decide to return to that...
Jeff
Garry wrote:
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> Jeff, did you think about applying gap seals to the ailerons? Any
> reason to do just the flaps?
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> Garry
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rman" <topglock@cox.net>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Flap Seals
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>> Fred,
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>> I took some pics, but haven't had a chance to post them. The process
>> is dead simple, though. I cut two pieces of styrene, 2.25" wide, the
>> length of the flaps (about 63"), then added the hem tape to one
>> edge. The tape is 1" wide, so I marked back 1" onto the wing and
>> drew a line with a grease pen, parallel to the underside of the wing
>> edge. I then notched the styrene, where it had to clear the flap
>> hinges, removed the backing tape from the hem tape and applied the
>> strip to the wing. The width was such that it covered the gap,
>> spilling over onto the flaps. It is not truly a pressure seal, but
>> is sufficient to direct the air under the flap and not up, into the
>> closeout. My guess is that it also deflects the air, under the
>> flaps, even with the flaps deployed, as there is a definite lack of
>> drag. If you do this mod, be prepared to re-learn your approaches
>> and it wouldn't hurt to have a good bit of runway on the first few
>> attempts...
>>
>> Jeff - Baby Blue
>>
>> Fred Klein wrote:
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>>>> John mentioned how sealing up the aircraft would clean up the
>>>> lines, resulting in better speeds. I decided to add some gap seals
>>>> to the wing, to seal the flaps, upon retraction. What I used was a
>>>> 2.25" wide piece of .020" styrene, a product that I use, almost
>>>> daily in my sign/graphics business. I attached it to the wing
>>>> using 1" hem tape (a very strong, two sided tape, used to hem
>>>> banners).
>>>
>>> Hey Jeff...
>>>
>>> I've also had email exchanges w/ John Lawton and have perused a site
>>> he recommended for info on gap seals...all very interesting. Could
>>> you go into a little more detail on the nature of your installation?
>>> Exactly where and in what plane have you attached this styrene? Does
>>> it create a pressure seal?. In what way does it alter the airflow?
>>>
>>> Fred
>>> A194
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>>> working on cockpit module (finally!)
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