Hi Frans=2C
Others may be able to give more precise information.
The glider wing root fairings are larger and completely enclose the root=2C
including the flap drive tube and hole. There is a small bulge where the f
lap tube fits. I have to lower the flap drive tube to almost the maximum be
fore fiting the wings. The airbrakes are quite a way outboard from the fuse
lage.
Karl
> Date: Sat=2C 4 Jul 2009 12:02:48 +0200
> From: frans@paardnatuurlijk.nl
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Europa-List: Short wing versus glider wing root shape
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> Hi all=2C
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> At the moment=2C I'm installing the wing root fairings. Not the normal
> fairings but the very nice fairings from Fred Klein. I can recommend
> them=2C they are of a nice quality and significantly enhance the look of
> the aircraft and most likely offer a major improvement in air flow.
>
> The problem I have is that if I bond some part of the fairings to the
> fuselage=2C this might it make it very difficult=2C if not impossible=2C
to
> fit the glider wings in the future.
> I have always kept the option open to buy the glider wings in the
> future=2C and don't want to abandon this option at this stage.
>
> To avoid future problems=2C I need to know the shape of the wing roots of
> the glider wings=2C in comparison to the normal wings.
> The best option of course would be to lend some glider wings somewhere=2C
> but there is as far as I know no-one near my country with these glider
> wings.
>
> My hope is now that there is someone who has or had both set of wings
> and has made some comparison (ideally by drawing both wing root shapes
> on the fuselage) and can tell me more about it.
>
> I'm particularly interested in the area near the flaps. The glider wings
> don't have flaps=2C so do the glider wings fill in part of the space
> otherwise occupied by the flaps? The airbrakes=2C do they begin directly
> at the wing root=2C or is there some space left at the wing root where it
> is possible to construct a smooth adaptor fairing to the short wing
> fairing on the fuselage? If it would be possible to construct an adaptor
> fairing=2C this would be the solution to my problem=2C and probably also
> hide the flap drive tube and associated holes at the same time.
>
> --
> Frans Veldman
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