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Re: Europa-List: flap deflection question

Subject: Re: Europa-List: flap deflection question
From: Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:53:52

On 12 Apr 2015, at 18:07, Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote:

> Rowlandcan you quantify drooping somewhat?

Fred - I quoted the numbers both in my original posting of 9th April, and in my
edited version today.

26.3 minus 25.3 is 1 degree droop (port) and 26.9 minus 26.0 is 0.9 degree droop
(stbd).

With the weight of the outriggers, both flaps seem reluctant to come firmly up
to the retracted position, and can easily be wiggled up & down a bit by gentle
pushing up & down on the outrigger legs, which seem to have a big mechanical
advantage on the rest of the mechanism.

Obviously folk with completed aeroplanes cant easily check if theirs behave the
same as mine unless they have a dolly to support the fuselage while doing 
operating
the retract lever.

Maybe in flight the airflow will support the outrigger legs more towards the 
horizontal.

in friendship

Rowland

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