Rowlandmy apologiesI was unclear. Yes, I saw your degree measurements, and when
you used the term drooping somewhat my mind immediately pictured a misalignment
of the flap trailing edge with that of the aileron (in neutral position) and
I was wondering if you had a measurement in inches or centimeters between the
twoFred
> On Apr 12, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 12 Apr 2015, at 18:07, Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote:
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>> Rowlandcan you quantify drooping somewhat?
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> Fred - I quoted the numbers both in my original posting of 9th April, and in
my edited version today.
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> 26.3 minus 25.3 is 1 degree droop (port) and 26.9 minus 26.0 is 0.9 degree
> droop
(stbd).
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> With the weight of the outriggers, both flaps seem reluctant to come firmly up
to the retracted position, and can easily be wiggled up & down a bit by gentle
pushing up & down on the outrigger legs, which seem to have a big mechanical
advantage on the rest of the mechanism.
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> Obviously folk with completed aeroplanes cant easily check if theirs behave
> the
same as mine unless they have a dolly to support the fuselage while doing
operating
the retract lever.
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> Maybe in flight the airflow will support the outrigger legs more towards the
horizontal.
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> in friendship
>
> Rowland
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