Frans
the flaps will be pushed outboard when retracted, so you need just
enough clearance, 1/2mm say with flaps retracted. Otherwise they might
start to push the aileron outwards
Graham
Frans Veldman wrote:
> For this reason I have zero clearance between the cross tube and flap
> root, as I can't see the benefit of *any* clearance here. The flaps
> allow some sideways motion by the design of their hinges anyway, so any
> stress will find an unharmfull way out. The more pin you get into the
> cross tube, the less likely the chance that with full flaps down a
> sideways jerk to the flaps will get the pin out of the cross tube.
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