I find myself being out smarted by the most simple of building tasks; the wing root rubber gap seal installation. It is particularly troubling coming so late the building process as I should be really ?smart? by now?lol.
The RV8 builders book calls for a 3/16 gap and typically when Van is that specific they mean ?3/16? not 1/8 or1/4. Well 3/16 just doesn?t work as it tends to pucker the metal fairing meaning the gap has to be widened. The issue? Perhaps none in that I?ll just keep enlarging the gap a 32nd at a time until I can get a good channel and have the fairing lay flat. My concern is that I?m missing some obvious trick to get the rubber channel to make a good ?U? and achieve a flat metal fairing. Trick? No trick? Keep trimming?
Thanks,
Don
The RV8 builders book calls for a 3/16 gap and typically when Van is that specific they mean ?3/16? not 1/8 or1/4. Well 3/16 just doesn?t work as it tends to pucker the metal fairing meaning the gap has to be widened. The issue? Perhaps none in that I?ll just keep enlarging the gap a 32nd at a time until I can get a good channel and have the fairing lay flat. My concern is that I?m missing some obvious trick to get the rubber channel to make a good ?U? and achieve a flat metal fairing. Trick? No trick? Keep trimming?
Thanks,
Don