X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 30 [X] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:30:23 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web53710.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.31] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.7) with SMTP id 1927793 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:58:11 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.190.37.31; envelope-from=scott_seagrave@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 86612 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Mar 2007 15:57:24 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=6nfqmcedQV03/G6rlXD/DAGXACNFPL4EjIrCda3BfkU7PPhomConnzPdgaWqNMmCm0bAaut5UVFO6wJC+67OMfPkGn3fEhcNTkWXqH5V7sgFfuAn14DufqPBcK59nag1wGkUYyhqMje3OQMQVI+FhC5t9+CCseNvbDkIt6qhdBk= ; X-Original-Message-ID: <20070318155724.86610.qmail@web53710.mail.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: knRIsosVM1lzlGhVr_reWfHHzND9j9oFF02r.YtnrkYT7I4_ZfY5uy2ziIYM9JHPnfpWfNmpzR3iwcEGappi.ZWCHU7GhNhY7IYKySSxPGrqjG42WJXDxlxquNBFm26YgBO9Wgwjj4FCWHQdFA4l6g-- Received: from [68.204.156.17] by web53710.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:57:24 PDT X-Original-Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:57:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Seagrave Subject: IV-P Flap Bracket Travel X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-252099599-1174233444=:86378" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --0-252099599-1174233444=:86378 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I've just installed the flaps, the flap crossover tubes, and the actuator arms on each of my wings. I've adjusted the crossover tube length such that the bellcrank arms move pretty much parallel to each other. The actuator arms are also fairly parallel to each other as well as to the direction of flight when the flaps are fully extended. Thing is, when I extend and deploy the flaps by hand, they still tend to bind, mostly when entering the curved section of the flap track. I'm not sure how easily the flaps should move with the wings mounted on the plane, or what else exactly to check for the travel. It just seems like it should be smoother than it is. This is a recently purchased kit, so the bellcranks were already mounted on the wings, and the flap track brackets were already assembled. Any ideas? Scott Seagrave IV-P N721MS - reserved --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. --0-252099599-1174233444=:86378 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I've just installed the flaps, the flap crossover tubes, and the actuator arms on each of my wings.  I've adjusted the crossover tube length such that the bellcrank arms move pretty much parallel to each other.  The actuator arms are also fairly parallel to each other as well as to the direction of flight when the flaps are fully extended.  Thing is, when I extend and deploy the flaps by hand, they still tend to bind, mostly when entering the curved section of the flap track.
 
I'm not sure how easily the flaps should move with the wings mounted on the plane, or what else exactly to check for the travel.  It just seems like it should be smoother than it is.
 
This is a recently purchased kit, so the bellcranks were already mounted on the wings, and the flap track brackets were already assembled.
 
Any ideas?
Scott Seagrave
IV-P
N721MS - reserved

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