Mark33
Well Known Member
I know this has been discussed about a million times before but I guess we can make it a million and one. I'm working on getting my ailerons lined up in preparation to fit the wingtips up on my -7. If I use the outer wing-rib tooling holes as my guide to get the aileron trailing edge lined up, than the flaps don't line up with the aileron when they're fully retracted. I've read conflicting things regarding this issue. Some folks say to line up the ailerons with the flaps...others say to focus on the tooling holes. I certainly want the airplane to fly straight and level without a heavy wing, but I also want it to look right...everything should be lined up...(wingtips, ailerons, flaps). I'm not worried about the wingtips; I can get those dialed in after everything else is lined up. However, speaking of wingtips though, what's the consensus on attaching those. I know it may be nice to be able to remove them, but is there any real reason to do so? I'm installing the Aveo "zip-tips" on my project and there's a large access plate on the bottom of the wingtip near the front which will allow me full access to the lights and wiring, so I'm wondering what the real benefit would be to designing them to be removable. I know some people do the piano- hinge technique and others use 1/4 turn or nut-plates, but if there's no real benefit to having them removable than I'm thinking about just riveting them on. I know there's also discussions regarding the "heavy wing" and how to deal with it by slotting the outer hinge bracket attach points on the ailerons, but for this discussion I'm mostly wanting to talk about initial proper alignment. I'm almost thinking that the best way to get everything lined up "and" to address a possible heavy wing will be to:
1. Align the ailerons up with the flaps first,
2. Go fly,
3. Adjust the outer aileron hinge accordingly to address a "heavy wing",
4. Adjusted the wingtips to line them up with the ailerons.
Thanks for any advice,
Mark
1. Align the ailerons up with the flaps first,
2. Go fly,
3. Adjust the outer aileron hinge accordingly to address a "heavy wing",
4. Adjusted the wingtips to line them up with the ailerons.
Thanks for any advice,
Mark
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