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Ramills(at)charter.net
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:29 am Post subject: Flap mounting

Listers,

 Long time lurker. I read the list every day and most questions I have 

are answered before I need them. Now my question is about the wing 

flaps. I see that you do not install until after wing is mounted and 

plans show a do not rivet zone for the hinge. Do I  fit the flap to the 

wing and drill for the hinge now and not rivet or not drill the hinge 

line until after wing is installed.  I am ready to rivet the bottom skin 

and would like to deburr the trailing edge holes while  they are easy  

to reach. Thanks



Rodney Mills

Northport, AL

601XL empenage done / Corvair done/ working on wings

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Jaybannist(at)cs.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:58 am Post subject: Flap mounting

Rodney, I drilled out all the holes for the flap, deburred and primed.  My flaps are stored apart from the wing.  Hope this is right and hope it helps you.

 

 Jay in Dallas, working on XL fuselage

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armyret(at)mchsi.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: Flap mounting

Rodney-  I'd rivet the hinge to the FLAP now when you are ready, but do not 

drill the other side to the wing til you install the wing.  That way you can 

move the flap slightly to get the fit you want.  Once you are happy drill, 

cleco, then you can remove the flap and clean up your hinge holes. Then you 

are ready to rivet.

Al Young

601XL



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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject: Flap mounting

I drilled and rivetted the flap hinge when I was rivetting the bottom rear 

skin. I had already pulled, cut to length and reinserted the pin in the flap 

hinge and drilled the end barrels for safety wire. Once it was rivetted into 

the rear channel of the wing, I pulled the pin and stored pin and flap for 

later fitting to fuselage (unfortunately in the too distant future). Any 

body got problem with that?



Ed Moody II

Rayne, LA

601XL / 2nd wing



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 Listers,

 Long time lurker. I read the list every day and most questions I have are 

 answered before I need them. Now my question is about the wing flaps. I 

 see that you do not install until after wing is mounted and plans show a 

 do not rivet zone for the hinge. Do I  fit the flap to the wing and drill 

 for the hinge now and not rivet or not drill the hinge line until after 

 wing is installed.  I am ready to rivet the bottom skin and would like to 

 deburr the trailing edge holes while  they are easy  to reach. Thanks



 Rodney Mills

 Northport, AL

 601XL empenage done / Corvair done/ working on wings

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zman601xl(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: Flap mounting

I drilled and rivetted the flap hinge when I was rivetting the bottom rear 

skin. I had already pulled, cut to length and reinserted the pin in the flap 

hinge and drilled the end barrels for safety wire. Once it was rivetted into 

the rear channel of the wing, I pulled the pin and stored pin and flap for 

later fitting to fuselage (unfortunately in the too distant future). Any 

body got problem with that?



Ed Moody II

Rayne, LA

601XL / 2nd wing



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 Listers,

 Long time lurker. I read the list every day and most questions I have are 

 answered before I need them. Now my question is about the wing flaps. I 

 see that you do not install until after wing is mounted and plans show a 

 do not rivet zone for the hinge. Do I  fit the flap to the wing and drill 

 for the hinge now and not rivet or not drill the hinge line until after 

 wing is installed.  I am ready to rivet the bottom skin and would like to 

 deburr the trailing edge holes while  they are easy  to reach. Thanks



 Rodney Mills

 Northport, AL

 601XL empenage done / Corvair done/ working on wings 


	




Ed,

Thats exactly the way I did it.

          Bob Haring

          601XL

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ding(at)tbscc.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: Flap mounting

Rodney,

                I also finish mounted the flaps, installed all rivets

(except the three on the top side where the flap stop mounts) and just

pulled the pin to detach 'till final assembly.

                                                            Lynn

                                                            Corry, PA

601XL,  tail and wings done

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armyret(at)mchsi.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: Flap mounting

Ed-  I've got no problem with it.  I did the same thing but when I put the 

wing on the fuselage, I wasn't happy with the distance between the edge of 

the flap and the side skin of the fuselage.  I ended up buying another 

hinge, and used half of it to replace the half that fits to the wing, and 

after setting the flap where I wanted it ( no binding) I re-drilled thru the 

original holes in the wing attachment points.  It worked out fine, just 

extra work.

Al Young

601XL

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Ramills(at)charter.net
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:07 am Post subject: Flap mounting

Listers,

Thanks for all the replies on flap mounting  Helped me make up my mind 

on how I wanted to proceed.



Do not archive

Rodney Mills

601XL

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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:07 am Post subject: Flap mounting

Thanks Al. I took the instructions about where to "rough trim" the inboard edge of the flap with a grain of salt and left some extra plus some more. I figured it's alot easier to trim more than to try to add any back. I hope that works out for me but I won't know for sure until I get the fuse ready to mate wings to it.



Ed



---- Al Young <armyret(at)mchsi.com> wrote: 

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 Ed-  I've got no problem with it.  I did the same thing but when I put the 

 wing on the fuselage, I wasn't happy with the distance between the edge of 

 the flap and the side skin of the fuselage.  I ended up buying another 

 hinge, and used half of it to replace the half that fits to the wing, and 

 after setting the flap where I wanted it ( no binding) I re-drilled thru the 

 original holes in the wing attachment points.  It worked out fine, just 

 extra work.

 Al Young

 601XL

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