Lance,
Jeff Roberts suggestion works well but some words of warning for the whole close
out process. First if you have any very deep gaps to fill up and you weight
the panel too much local to that place, the panel may depress more than you
might
want requiring surface filling later. Though a slightly low area is better
than a high area after close out. Use some method of adequately distributing
the weights. I used some 1 1/2 steel box tubing and containers of water as
I did not have as much lead as shown in the manual picture. Secondly, if you
make the redux/flox mixture too thick (as I did) the redux can have some
difficulty
squeezing enough out of a gap making a high area, which again is worse
than a low area. A wider the area to be glued down, such as the top of the box
over the aileron balance arms, are where my "too thick" redux was not able to
squeeze out causing a high spot. Once glued, you can't easily correct these
results, so review your process well before actual gluing.
Good Luck
Bill McClellan
A-164
-----Original Message-----
>From: Lance Sandford <sandford@melbpc.org.au>
>Sent: Feb 16, 2009 4:06 AM
>To: Europa-List <europa-list@matronics.com>
>Subject: Europa-List: Wing close-out panel
>
>
>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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