MANUAL FLAPS FOR 6 7 AND 9

[gasman]

If you are interested in converting to manual flaps,drop a note here. If ther is enough interest, I will draw up a conversion using your existing weldment used for electric flaps and get them to you. Motor dog house is gone between the seats. And all of the reliability problems are gone. BUT you do need BUTT space between the seats. You will always know where your flaps are set. You will never have to turn on the master to lower or retract the flaps...... let me know.

[rtry9a]

Im interested in your manual flap ideas.
Mike Parker

[qtrmiledan]

I'm interested!

[cjensen]

I'm interested as well, but I'm already designing my own...I'd like to see or hear your ideas though!

[plaurence]

Originally Posted by gasman

If you are interested in converting to manual flaps,drop a note here. If ther is enough interest, I will draw up my conversion using your existing weldment used for electric flaps and get them to you. Motor dog house is gone between the seats. And all of the reliability problems are gone. BUT you do need BUTT space between the seats. You will always know where your flaps are set. You will never have to turn on the master to lower or retract the flaps...... let me know.

Count me in.


P Laurence

[Sam Buchanan]

You will never have to turn on the master to lower or retract the flaps

Just as a datapoint, the electric flaps can be wired directly to the battery via a fused lead. That is the way mine are wired and it is very handy to be able to activate the flaps without the master turned on.

Guess that just eliminated one rational for manual flaps.......

[ao.frog]

Please count me in too.

Regards Alf Olav Frog / Norway
RV-7 Finishing

[frankh]

lighter, less complexity and less points of failure

Can't beat that with a stick!

[Sam Buchanan]

lighter, less complexity and less points of failure

Can't beat that with a stick!

I understand what you are saying. Unfortunately, manual flaps are somewhat of a hassle to use in an RV. I had manual flaps in my RV-6 for a couple of years, but after converting to electric flaps five years ago, I definitely have no desire to go back to manual.

As the original poster stated, you have to have "butt" space between the pilot and passenger in order to use manual flaps (if either pilot and passenger are near 200lbs there isn't much.....and if both are bubba-sized, there ain't any!). And those pilots who have only used manual flaps in a Cherokee are going to be surprised at the amount of grunt it takes (and how your elbow ends up in the side of your passenger) to pull the final notch of flaps manually in an RV.

But...to each his own. I just can't think of any good reason to convert my plane back to manual (would mean ditching the cupholders between the seats ). Besides, if the flap motor fails, there is no reason why a landing should be compromised.

[rvwantabe]

I would be interested in the manual flap option for my 9.

Daryl