Apologies if this has been covered but I was unable to find anything. In fitting my right wing tip (W-715-1) on my RV-8, when the flange is seated around the perimeter the trailing edge of the tip is angled down 6 degrees or so downward from the aileron trailing edge. Its not that I cannot match the inside trailing edge to the aileron (jig in place, tooling holes aligned), but instead that the plane of the trailing edge of the tip does not run parallel with the aileron trailing edge. Is this purely a cosmetic issue? Is it commonplace?
The left side is maybe a couple degrees from alignment with the aileron and is hardly apparent. The tips have been in storage for 10 years with multiple moves and in different attitudes and I had to cut foam ribs to expand the perimeter of them to seat against the inside wing. The mis-aligned tip also has a trailing edge section of flange that bends outward and does not seat cleanly against the inside wing edge, but I'm planning on hinge attachments and this isnt a big issue.
Jerald King
RV 8
SE AZ
The left side is maybe a couple degrees from alignment with the aileron and is hardly apparent. The tips have been in storage for 10 years with multiple moves and in different attitudes and I had to cut foam ribs to expand the perimeter of them to seat against the inside wing. The mis-aligned tip also has a trailing edge section of flange that bends outward and does not seat cleanly against the inside wing edge, but I'm planning on hinge attachments and this isnt a big issue.
Jerald King
RV 8
SE AZ