[f-AA] Aileron bay questions

[Plain Carl]

Don't do that.  Will misallign the bracket to the other hinges.
   
  PC

Markl <markl at intercom.net> wrote:
          Could you cant is downward some by putting a washer between the casting and the spar????
  Fly frequently, many times, often, over and over again, and LOOK around,
   
  Regards,
Tony Markl
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ian Harvie 
  To: aeronca at westmont.edu 
  Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:45 AM
  Subject: Re: [f-AA] Aileron bay questions
  

Carl

  was beginning to think that's right. I put some anti chafe tape on the 
right wing, but then the left was even worse. That's the unpainted one 
in the picture. Think I'll maybe put something a bit more wear resistant 
like a piece of this leather in that case.

Ian

Plain Carl wrote:
> That's pretty close to a "normal" fit.  This has been an issue on every 
> one of the dozen or so I've done in the past and all of the brackets 
> have either touched or been very close to the box.  Seems the issue is 
> the attachment of the ribs and the inner bracket to the spar.  In the 
> drawings there is more space between the top and bottom of the spar and 
> the ribs than the real world allows.  Perhaps the production casting and 
> stampings are a little off the drawings.  Not much can be changed to fix 
> this as the location of the aileron bearings determines the airfoil of 
> the combined wing/aileron system.  About all one can do is to form a 
> slight "bump" in the transition piece.
>  
> PC
> 
> */Ian Harvie <ianharvie at internode.on.net>/* wrote:
> 
>     Folks,
> 
>     The "box" around the bellcrank bracket on both wings was cracked, bent
>     and buckled, so I made a couple of new ones. They are identical in size
>     to the original. However there is no clearance between the top of the
>     aileron bellcrank bracket and the new piece. (See attached pictures)
>     The
>     only way to have greater clearance would be if the ribs were higher,
>     but
>     they are all nailed on in the original holes. Is this normal? The old
>     ones as mentioned were pretty beat up but it looks like they had been
>     bent up to give greater clearance.
>     I'll send picture of the other wing in a separate post.
> 
>     Ian
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