beav
Well Known Member
I starting positioning my flaps tonight to drill the hinge to the wing and noticed that the trailing edge radii of the ailerons and flaps are noticeably different. The flap trailing edge radius is significantly larger than the aileron trailing edge radius. Here are a couple of pictures that illustrate this.
Larger pictures can be viewed at the bottom of this page: http://www.jasonbeaver.com/rv7/2009/10/aileron-flap-rigging.html (click on the pictures to zoom in).
I don't think I can just squeeze the flap trailing edge, because this would just bend the skins in behind the rear edge of the end ribs like this:
Is this a common problem? (A forum search didn't reveal anything, so I'm guessing not).
Does anyone have any suggestions for addressing this?
Larger pictures can be viewed at the bottom of this page: http://www.jasonbeaver.com/rv7/2009/10/aileron-flap-rigging.html (click on the pictures to zoom in).
I don't think I can just squeeze the flap trailing edge, because this would just bend the skins in behind the rear edge of the end ribs like this:
Is this a common problem? (A forum search didn't reveal anything, so I'm guessing not).
Does anyone have any suggestions for addressing this?