I used .03 CF rods to pin the top and bottom skins around the bump
together. Seems to work well.
Steve Meyer
LSF IV
Racine, WI
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/ Today was the last day for top actuated flaps. Lots of glue,
fiberglass tape and words did not fix the problem so tonight they will
be converted to bottom horns and linkage. After two years of landing
with the flaps down, the mounts seem to unrepairable. If I had DP's
thumbs, I could get the flaps up before they hit the ground./
The Supra has come a long way baby :-) With the help of all of us.
Wing bolt mount pod changes, longer bolts, wing sub rib changes, layup
changes, and both the aileron link insert and now flap inserts
too...and lets not forget that now the ailerons go all the way to the
tips...they are lighter now and stiffer too on the current batch of
wings coming to Barry's den of storage.
A short while back, well maybe a year or so, it was pretty clear that
the area where the aileron inserts were mounted and how they were
mounted needed to be changed for linkage geometry and durability, you
can tell the new version because the hump is a bit taller.
Those of you who hit the landing spot too hard like me, find pretty
soon a bubble in the skin around the flap inserts on top. And the
flaps not moving together and a lot of slop too. You glue it and glue
it but in the end like Don the answer is to put carbon horns in the bottom
The new wing has a far more durable link insert for both the ailerons
and flaps.
Mine? I think I have one more gluing left before I switch over to
bottom horns :-)
Gordy
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