Dan,

You scared me. I did all my work from the top side and never looked to see
what the leading edge of the Flaps were doing. Fortunately mine are tucked
in smooth and straight. I may have to shuffle things around in the garage
and put both wings on to get a better look at the whole system in order to
figure this out.

Stan

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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Dan
Ballin
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 1:38 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Legacy Flap Symmetry Question

I am not sure if you checked, but my flaps were way off from the
factory.  Kit #286.  Check to make sure both the inboard and out board
edges line up the same and the leading edge doesn't hang down from the
trailing edge/cove of the wing.  I need to change the symmetry to get
it all to work.  This maybe why one flap is going farther than the
other.   I do thin 1-2 degrees will make some difference in flight
characteristics, stall  to one side  sl more drag on the down side.  I
have no data to support this though.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Stan Fields <sdfields@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> I'm building in my garage so I usually work one side of the plane then the
> other. So far that has worked well. However, I installed my left Flap and
> adjusted the control rod to produce a 0-40 degree movement. I hooked it to
> the Flap actuator to produce these limits and everything was perfect.
>
>
>
> Now I have attached the right Flap and adjusted the control rod to align
> with the aileron Unfortunately the Flap actuator produces a 41.8 degree
> movement. I can't see how to change this without customizing the Flap
> installation in some way.
>
>
>
> So, how much difference will 1.8 degree difference make in flight
> characteristics at full deployment. Has anyone experienced this and what
did
> you do?
>
>
>
> Stan Fields
>
> L2K #201

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