On my Midget Mustang I did the same thing with 3M 471 tape on the outside. It holds a lot better than packing tape.
FWIW the gap seals did absolutely nothing on that plane that I could tell. It is obviously highly dependent on the aileron configuration and airfoil that you have. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Barry Kruyssen Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 5:44 PM To: [email protected]; 'KRnet' Subject: RE: RE: KR> KR Testing We use the same sandwich methode on our gliders and that is what I have done on my KR2. Regards Barry Kruyssen Cairns, Australia [email protected] http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:59 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: RE: KR> KR Testing I've used almost the same system for about 10 years now. What I found is after a year the double sided tape looses some of it's "stickyness" at the leading edge and then on a pass the gap seal will come loose and fall to the ground. This makes things interesting for those on the ground who think something just fell off your airplane, which it did. To fix the problem I also add a piece of clear packing tape which covers the leading edge of the gap seal. 1/2 the tape is on the bottom of the wing and 1/2 on the leading edge of the gap seal. This way you have the gap seal sandwiched between the double stick tape and the clear tape. This has held up well and the problem of loosing gap seals never returned. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
