Hi all,
This is my first time posting here. I've hit a question where I'd like insight beyond what I find in the instructions or on blogs I've seen.
I'm attaching the ailerons to my RV-8 wings. Drawing 13A, section B-B shows a stack of washers (AN960-10, AN960-10L, AN960-10) between the outboard aileron mount point and the outboard side of the bracket on the aileron. Drawing 9A shows a 1/4" gap between the outboard edge of the aileron and the wing edge of outboard edge of the top/bottom skin.
With the washers as called for by Vans I get almost .36" of gap. I just swapped the -10L for a 3rd -10 washer (putting the 10L between the inboard side of the brackets, and I get .325" (3/8").
But as I think about it, I think I would rather have the .064" spacing on the inboard side (instead of .032") to give a little more room should things be flexing under G load (say during aerobatics), and live with a larger than spec gap between the wingtip and the aileron. I'd hate to have the ailerons start to bind up under g-load in the air because I adjusted the spacing for aesthetic reasons...
Or am I missing something altogether, and I need to figure out where the 1/8" has gone?
Thanks!
...Jason
This is my first time posting here. I've hit a question where I'd like insight beyond what I find in the instructions or on blogs I've seen.
I'm attaching the ailerons to my RV-8 wings. Drawing 13A, section B-B shows a stack of washers (AN960-10, AN960-10L, AN960-10) between the outboard aileron mount point and the outboard side of the bracket on the aileron. Drawing 9A shows a 1/4" gap between the outboard edge of the aileron and the wing edge of outboard edge of the top/bottom skin.
With the washers as called for by Vans I get almost .36" of gap. I just swapped the -10L for a 3rd -10 washer (putting the 10L between the inboard side of the brackets, and I get .325" (3/8").
But as I think about it, I think I would rather have the .064" spacing on the inboard side (instead of .032") to give a little more room should things be flexing under G load (say during aerobatics), and live with a larger than spec gap between the wingtip and the aileron. I'd hate to have the ailerons start to bind up under g-load in the air because I adjusted the spacing for aesthetic reasons...
Or am I missing something altogether, and I need to figure out where the 1/8" has gone?
Thanks!
...Jason