Daida
Well Known Member
hello out there......
yesterday i was closing my elevators. while bending the leading edges from the right elevator i noticed that the upper skin is overlapping the lower. This prevents water, if the aircraft is parked outside during a rainshower, from sneaking in between the skin and cause corrosion. it will just run over the overlapping sheet metal and drop down without doing any bad.
on the left elevator it is the other way around. lower skin overlaps upper skin. though water might be able to sneak through and cause corrosion.
i know that the skin-ends are longer and shorter, the plans say to make the longer end the overlapping. in my understanding there should be no difference in bending radius, structure strength or anything else if you would overlap the upper skin over the lower skin on the left elevator.
how did you do it????
is it of any importance anyways????
greetings
daida
yesterday i was closing my elevators. while bending the leading edges from the right elevator i noticed that the upper skin is overlapping the lower. This prevents water, if the aircraft is parked outside during a rainshower, from sneaking in between the skin and cause corrosion. it will just run over the overlapping sheet metal and drop down without doing any bad.
on the left elevator it is the other way around. lower skin overlaps upper skin. though water might be able to sneak through and cause corrosion.
i know that the skin-ends are longer and shorter, the plans say to make the longer end the overlapping. in my understanding there should be no difference in bending radius, structure strength or anything else if you would overlap the upper skin over the lower skin on the left elevator.
how did you do it????
is it of any importance anyways????
greetings
daida