| I order to finish rigging the ailerons I need to install and adjust the flaps. Before that though I had to find the bushings that I made |
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| over 2 1/2 years ago !!!! I had just about given up, when I found them in the one place I hadn't looked. Upon examination a |
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| couple of them looked a little narrow, So I got out some Alum tube and cut/ filed and burnished 3-4 replacements. The bearings |
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| are supposed to be press-fit into the flap attach arms, but it didn't take much to get them to go in. I started on the left flap, and |
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| got it hung but quickly found that it would fully retract, After several minutes of trying to figure out where it was binding up, it turns |
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| out that the problem was interferrance between the inboard edge of the flap and the fuselage. I started with the Dremel tool to |
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| remove some material, but ended up switching to the Vixen file, and shaving the ends of the upper and lower flap skins back in |
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| order to clear the fuse. I did this to both sides as both sides were too long. It took quite some time doing it by hand, but since |
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| they are already painted, this was the best option. After getting them clear of the fuse, I opened a gap between them and the |
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| fuse of 1/16" - 3-32" to allow for expansion during a heat soaked stay outside in the sun. I got both sides hooked up and tested |
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| them with the flap positioning system. All seems to be working AOK. I'm still a bit unsure if the ailerons shounld be rigged 'in |
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| -line' with the flaps or if they should be 'reflexed up a couple of degrees? |
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