Thanks for the pixs Jeff....looks very slick and tidy.
Is the width of the styrene wide enough to maintain the seal when the
flaps are deployed?...or have you designed it so that a gap appears and
allows for airflow thru the slot?
Fred
On Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Jeff B wrote:
> Pete and all,
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> I finally found the time and the photos.- You can see the process
and
> end result here:-
> http://www.europaowners.org/modules.php?set_albumName=Flap-Seals-Baby-
> Blue&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php
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> Jeff - Baby Blue
> 285 hours
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> Pete Lawless wrote:
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> 14 Hantone Hill
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> Jeff
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> That rather suggests that this =91gap seal=92 does not just block the
gap
> with the flaps up but improves the airflow over the flap though the
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> Regards
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf OfJeff B
> Sent: 07 May 2007 16:06
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Thank you, John Lawton.
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> Jeff
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> Pete Lawless wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
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> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of William
> Mills
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> Sent: 07 May 2007 08:10
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> To: europa-list@matronics.com
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> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Thank you, John Lawton.
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> Jeff,
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> Why does the tape need to be so wide, or does it just come in 2 1/4"
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> If you get a chance, perhaps you could publish a photo.
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> Best wishes,
>
> William
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Rman" <topglock@cox.net>
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> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:51 PM
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> Subject: Europa-List: Thank you, John Lawton.
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> Last year, I had the pleasure of flying into John's airstrip, in
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> and visiting with him and his near finished bird, for a while.- In
our
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> conversation, John mentioned how sealing up the aircraft would clean
up
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> the lines, resulting in better speeds.- As John said, the glider
guys
> do
>
> it and it works.- Well, while I had Baby Blue disassembled and was
>
> cleaning her up for Sun-N-Fun (which she did not make, as she was
still
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> ailing from the weak carb spring incident) I decided to add some gap
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> to the wing, to seal the flaps, upon retraction.- What I used was a
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> wide piece of .020" styrene, a product that I use, almost daily in my
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> sign/graphics business.- I attached it to the wing using 1" hem tape
(a
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> very strong, two sided tape, used to hem banners).- Once the engine
was
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> restored to normal operating condition, the results were immediate and
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> astounding.- I haven't done a complete test, yet, but the results
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> stall speeds, because, by reducing my final approach from 65 kph to 60
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> kph, across the numbers, Baby Blue lands like she used to.- I'll be
> doing
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> more extensive tests, as the weather settles.- However, I am
extremely
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> pleased with the initial results of the simple and inexpensive mod.
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> Thanks again, John for your suggestion...
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