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Old 08-07-2005 | 12:11 PM
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BillB
 
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Default Impact Aileron Screech Fixed!

After trying everything that everyone else had tried I decided to borrow a page from the glider folks. I ordered a 10 foot roll of Gapseal from NE Sailplane. It's a one inch wide piece of stiff mylar with adhesive on about 1/2 " of the width. You make sure that it overlaps the aileron when the aileron is fully in the up position and stick it down. That's it! I put it on Friday night and flew 4 rounds at the Fox Valley Aero Club pattern meet yesterday without any noise at all!!! It did make the ailerons slightly more efficient but I had taken out 10 percent of down aileron and the difference in roll was virtually unnoticeable.

I didn't get to fly it today. The tail broke off right at the rear bulkhead on my last flight. The pull pull cables and the tape on the inside of the fuse at the top and bottom seams were the only thing holding the tail on, but that is another story.

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