Thanks mr. Flesner for dedicating time and efforts.
On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 01:49, Flesner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I took some photos this evening of my wing gap covers. Years ago (15+) > I made covers with fiberglass but didn't like the way they turned out > and I wanted to finish building and get on with flying. I went to the > hardware store and bought a roll of roof flashing 6 inches wide and cut > it down the middle giving me enough material for both wings. Here is > the results with 15 years and very near 800 hours of flight time. > > Left wing with good lead edge wrap > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/jmxcw1o1jndle0y/kr%20wing%20gap%20cover%205.jpg?dl=0 > > left wing bottom trail edge - two screws at rear spar > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/eivt2btwofnwovp/kr%20wing%20gap%201.jpg?dl=0 > > right wing top - note lead edge is not a straight line > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/xy4bfmxskczn9g3/kr%20wing%20gap%20cover%203.jpg?dl=0 > > right wing close up of poor lead edge line > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/nswdzb03apxitiz/kr%20wing%20gap%20cover%202.jpg?dl=0 > > Because the lead edge was not straight the wrap would not round the lead > edge and then line up with the trail edge. Her is my fix. I cut the > material, lined up the bottom with the lead edge and attached the to > pieces with two screws and covered with clear tape. I'm sure this is > what cost me a "Lindy" award at Oshkosh and the extra drag of the two > screws is why Langford is faster than me. > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/rthr7v35k6osz31/kr%20wing%20gap%20cover%204.jpg?dl=0 > > If these photos show the KR to be a bit "grungy" in spots remember this > is a flyer, not an award winning show plane. > > Larry Flesner > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search <https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/-Search> > John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -- Dr Tsabari Shahar This email contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this email in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this email. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this email is strictly forbidden. ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
