Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net> (Marvin Kaye)
To: lml
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 23:30:52 -0500
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From: Jimnordin@aol.com
Subject: 360 flap hinge line
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Ladies and gentlemen =E2=80=A6 gurus all.

I=E2=80=99m to the point of skinning the left wing on my 360. Thought I=E2=
=80=99d take a=20
look at how good the flap hinge line was going to be. So I weighted the skin
down to match the elevation of the stub wing as it should be. With the wing=20
mounted, I strung string from the flap inside forward-most point (on the
stub wing root) to the distal-most forward flap location on the bottom skin=20
of the wing. This of course forms the forward hinge line of the flap. The
string, straight and true, does not follow the trailing edge of the stub win=
g=20
and wing. There=E2=80=99s a reflex point at the stub wing/wing joint. That
means the trailing edge is not straight in the =E2=80=9Cz=E2=80=9D (up/down)=
 dimension or=20
alternately stated, it ain't flat. What can I do about it to make the flap
hinge work, as it should? I have pictures if it will help with visualization=
.

jim