Hello Everyone,

I'm about to reinstall the ailerons on my newly recovered wings and a question 
came up about the correct positioning of the hinges.

Originally, the wing side of the three outer hinges were attached below the 
wing surface and the innermost hinge was attached above the wing surface.  The 
aileron side of the hinges were on top of the aileron.  We began to question 
this during reassembly and we checked two other nearby Ercoupes and find that 
one has all four hinges on the bottom side of the wing, and the other has all 
four hinges on the top side of the wing- under the fabric.  Both have the 
aileron side placed under the aileron skin, between the frame and the skin.

We'd like to do it correctly.  How should the aileron hinges be positioned?

Fred Goff
130 Tracy Drive
Vernon, CT 06066

(860) 875-4027
(860) 874-6990 (cell)

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