Role your own. Mix some cabosil or silica with regular (not laminating) epoxy to the consistancy of, well, twice as thick as molasses. I think you will understand in a moment how viscous it needs to be. You need to be able to move the surface enough so as to run some good quality electical tape along the LE of the control surface that overhangs. The idea being is that you will build up enough of a layer of thickened epoxy along the sticky side along the LE of the control surface, then slide the tape under the TE of the panel and place the control surface at 45 degrees deflection comapared to main panel. Then cradle the panel so as the hingeline is horizontal, and gravity will (slightly) flow out the mixture. It will cure in such a fashion that when you remove the tape, the wiper will have the appropriate radius and only the tape thickness as a gap between both surfaces. YOu may have to vary the width of the electrical tape on really small stuf, but usually you can have more of the tape up on top of the control surface (this is good, as you do not want the tape to peel up while the mixture is setting up). Oh ya, hot glue will work too if can work real quick. The advantage with this is it remains somewhat pliable. Of course, this works on any similar control surface.
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