To those how have been there
There are numerous reports in the archives about checking the gap
between the wing ribs and close-out panel and filling the gap with a
Redux/flox mix prior to finally fixing the panel.
Nobody seems to have mentioned the thickness of filling required.
I have been checking the gap on my wings using the usual plasticine
(play-dough) method and my gaps range from 2mm to 7mm with appropriate
spacers on flap and aileron and straight edges and weights on fore and
aft edges of panel.
The 7mm is in the recess for the lateral stiffener of the Stbd wing. A
5mm gap is quite common on the stbd side.
Are these gaps normal ?
What range of gaps have other builders filled?
Lance Sandford in Oz
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