Hi Greg
My flap cross tube, including the inserts is 44 7/8". It is off a
classic Mono serial 72. The reason that I know this is because it is
sitting on my desk, and having been slightly bent I am just about to
order a new one. Now I will check with Europa to ensure that they send
me one of the same length. All this started when I left the runway into
very soft ground (a turnip patch - what we call swedes, or in Scotland
'neeps') and wrecked the prop. I didn't notice the problem until I
found that there was a tendency to fly right wing low and examination
showed that the port aileron was not retracting fully and this was
traced to the FL15 being bent back by about 1/4"at the end. I
straightened it by clamping in V-blocks and pulling (hard) on the other
end but found that, though straight, there was still a slight kink in
the tube on the inside of the former bend so decided to order a new one.
I now wonder if that is really necessary. What does anyone think?
Frank Mycroft G-BWYD
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