I spent most of today fiddling with the flap actuating pushrod, trying to get an
acceptable range of movement in the flaps. Eventually got to the state where
the port flap was travelling 26.3 degrees and the starboard one 26.9 degrees.
They both looked pretty well-aligned with the wing/flap template when retracted.
I wondered if this is an acceptable amount of differential.
Then I thought I ought to check the movement with the outrigger legs fitted.
After
fitting them, the extended angles of both flaps are closely similar to those
recorded before I fitted the outriggers, but the retracted positions are both
drooping somewhat. The travel now is 25.3 degrees (port) and 26.0 degrees
(starboard).
Pushing down on the outrigger legs causes the flaps to droop a bit more, and
pulling
up on them allows the flaps to adopt the previously-observed fully retracted
position.
I think I have assembled the outrigger mechanism correctly and the outrigger
legs
are locking down very securely. Is there something I might have missed that
causes this droop? Will air loads pull the flaps into the fully retracted
position
when aloft? What, if anything, can (or should) I do about it?
All input welcomed.
in friendship
Rowland
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