Brief Description: Flap deflection adjustments; flap skin trim
I took care of a couple of flap-related tasks this evening. First, I shortened each flap actuator rod by 1/4 inch, re-tapped them, then reinstalled them. In a rare case of Zen, this was the exact amount that I needed to prevent the flaps from over-extending when the motor hits its bottom stop-point. Now, the flaps will extend until the top edge of the flap skin is about 1" from popping out, and none of the slightly distorted skin near the factory-cut relief notch will show.
Next, I trimmed the bottom skin of the right flap so it follows the skin edge on the fuselage. and marked it for possible bending later (see dotted line in photo 2 below.) A 10 degree bend would fill the slight mismatch between the flap skin and the fuselage, but I'll wait to see how noticeable this really is later.
I'll trim the left flap next. It will probably not require any bending.
Cutting off 1/4" from the flap rods was the perfect solution.
R flap bottom skin, trimmed to match the fuselage.
