Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:15:44 -0400
From: John Cooper <snopercod@citcom.net>
Subject: Flap Fitting - LNC2
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I had the same "problem" on my L-235. I added filler on the fuselage wing
root to make the top of the flaps blend into the fuselage with the flaps at
0 degrees. I used a 4" cardboard tube with sandpaper taped on it to smooth
the West-Systems filler out and blend it in.

In retrospect this was probably wasted time. It looks good on the ground in
the hangar, but so what? In the air the flaps are either "reflexed" up
several degrees for cruise, or down for landing. Even parked on the ramp
you will want to leave them down so that nobody inadvertently steps on them.

So nobody will see all your great finishing and blending work! The only
time that the flaps are at 0 degrees is for takeoff, and even then *you*
will not be able to see the joint you are concerned with.

Also, keep in mind that in flight, the wings bend upwards so that all those
precision joints you are making will no longer be straight.

What I am saying is that you should not spend a lot of time trying to make
things look pretty that nobody will ever see...even you. Keep a sense of
perspective...

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