Well guys I'm feeling pretty foolish. They aren't aluminum and the ends don't connect with each other as I stated.
I ran into Sparky at the airport and he told me the plans for these covers were in the newsletters . . . back in the day. If someone has all the old newsletters on a CD maybe searching for "wing gap covers" might bring it up. It'll be a better description than the one I'm giving, that's for sure. I didn't even get the material they're made of correct. Aluminum would work just as well, but my covers are strips of fiberglass,. not aluminum like I said they were.. The bottom end hooks over a wing attach fitting bolt. It's a circle of a diameter that lets it fit upon the wing attachment bolt - the forward bolt of the rear wing attachment fitting. It's a round hole that rides on a threaded bolt. The other end goes forward and up around the wing ending in a curved fitting that fits over the trailing edge and is secured with a small wood screw. I took a bunch of pictures but for whatever reason hardly any of them are focussed well enough to be of any use. I salvaged a few and put them on One Drive. Here's the link. https://tinyurl.com/ya2nq7he The mechanism that holds the "hook" that fits over a wing attachment fitting bolt, is on a threaded rod that can be turned in order to tighten or loosen the cover, depending on whether you're putting the strips on or taking them off. I don't know where in the world one would find such a mechanism. I'll ask Ken Cottle if he remembers where he got them, or if he fabricated them himself. From what Sparky said this design isn't that unusual . . . at least it wasn't unusual in the early days of KR building. Common or not, I don't think I've ever seen them on any other KR's - but I normally don't focus on wing gap covers. Somebody on the list surely knows more about this design,than I do. Maybe someone will come across the newsletter info that Sparky mentions. Sorry for such a lousy rendering of this gap cover design. Maybe Ken will know where those adjustable fittings can be found. I'll get an email off to him tonight. Also, I'll take a better camera next trip over to the hangar. Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Warning: Don't Use Probiotics Before You See This gundrymd.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5af4f79f18527779e2a4fst03vuc _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
