At 06:48 PM 11/7/2005, you wrote: >.........from experience, I can attest to the fact that ailerons will CHANGE >on their own over a period of time. Completely finishing will help preserve >shapes.......... >Jerry Mahurin - aka - KRJerry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I'll let all the current builders in on a mistake I made so they can avoid doing what I did. I cut out my ailerons, installed the spruce in the wing for attaching the aileron, then installed the aileron spar on the work table and did the glassing, etc. A year or so later when I installed the wings on the airframe I noticed that the aileron trailing edges did not match the wing. When it matched on the inboard end it didn't match on the outboard end. The problem? I had forgotten about the 3 degree washout in the wing and built my ailerons on a flat surface. D*M& My solution was to cut the aileron immediately behind the spar for about 75 percent of the length on one side, clamp the trail edges on the inboard and outboard end (putting the twist back in the aileron) and floxing the cut to hold that shape. I then removed the aileron and re-glassed the cut area back to the spar. Do it right or do it over............... Larry Flesner
