Hi William,
The factory issued a mandatory SB16 in June 2008 (available on their
website) that specifies the maximum gap with the flap fully down so that
will be the limiting factor. I understood that with the flaps in the up
position you could expect a slight push of the flaps outboard.
Hope that helps,
Regards
Brian Davies
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of William Daniell
Sent: 02 January 2010 14:38
Subject: Europa-List: Flap cross tube
thanks graham for the deflection note.
Another question for the collective wisdom of group. The flap cross tube is
too far to the left such that the right hinge bracket has two holes off the
hard point (off the left edge) and the left slot is right on the left edge
of the left hard point. In order to get the hinge brackets onto the hard
point the rod would have to move right about 3/8 inch. I shaved 1/16 off
the rod to get it to fit between the flaps at full retraction without
pushing them out and currently the two bearings are right up against the
flap roots fully retracted but without pushing the flaps outboard.
I have tried full deflection and with the cross tube 3/8 to the right which
puts both hinge brackets on the hard points and there appears to be a lot of
of the flap root pin still to go on the left.
The manual is not specific about max clearance at fully retracted between
cross tube and flap root...it just says "small clearance". Is small 1/16
1/8 or 1/4?
So please can you tell me what the rough clearance is between your flap root
and the cross tube fully retracted so I can have an idea about the range of
possibilities.
Happy New year to everyone and thanks in advance.
Will
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