ptag.dev(at)tiscali.co.uk
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 Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:18 am Post subject: Europa-List: Starboard flap pin doesn’t engage easy a |
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Hi! Roland,
I too assemble and dismantle my a/c every time I fly, I also have occasionally a stubborn entry flap drive pin, even though the flap close out has a tapered guide tube to point the flap in the correct direction. I have to ensure that the "Rose Bearing"(You are calling it a "ring") in the end of the flap drive tube is freely centred before I push the wing into place. If I don't do that and the pin fails to engage the bearing it flexes the flap outwards and "cuts" into the aileron close out flange binding them together. ( an extremely dangerous condition if you were to go fly. Tim Wert did but by some very careful airmanship managed to land the aircraft safe.) I suggest that you thoroughly degrease and clean the bearing and re-lubricate it with oil in preference to grease, But above all before flying ensure it is properly engaged and that the flap outboard end is NOT FOULED INTO THE AILERON LOCKING THE TWO TOGETHER). Although I have never has it happen on the port wing I would suggest that it would be likely there also.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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