RVG8tor
Well Known Member
I am nearing the point where I need to bend the leading edges of all of my tail surfaces, due to an injury I have not been able to do this task. I have been stewing over the process. One think I can't figure out from the instructions or the DWGs is which side ends up on top of the roll. On all of the pieces that need to be rolled there is one side slightly longer than the other side. The DWG shows an image of the shape of the roll but it does not say which direction the view is from, so you can't figure out what side is the top, perhaps it does not matter. Also the DWG on the rudder makes the rivet line appear to me in the middle of the rolled surface but when I did the small top section of the rudder the rivets will be offset from the middle. On one of the elevator DWGs it does show the rivets offset at the narrow end of the roll.
So to get to my questions, which flap goes on top the longer (my guess) or the shorter or does it matter? Will the rivets be centered on the rolled surface or will they offset to one side? Thanks for the help, I did a search for this but found no one with the same question.
Cheers
So to get to my questions, which flap goes on top the longer (my guess) or the shorter or does it matter? Will the rivets be centered on the rolled surface or will they offset to one side? Thanks for the help, I did a search for this but found no one with the same question.
Cheers