RE: surface flutter
As I understand it the airplane has not flown yet, so this is not a flutter issue. Sealing gaps on the surfaces improves the effectiveness in roll, pitch, and yaw, however it will not stop flutter mode from starting in the first place, at best it will only change the point of when it starts or how violent the flutter may be, the intensity of it could be improved, or it could be a whole lot worse by sealing the gap.
Bob