Flap rod covers

[Dauntless]

Looking for ideas on how to cover / seal the hole in the fuselage where the flap rod exits.
If anyone has pictures or ideas i whould appecite it!
thanks again
Dave

 

[bjdecker]

You could cut a piece of baffle material with a slit in it, and glue it to the inside of the hole. The push rod would move up/down/fore/aft in the slit.

Not perfectly airtight but a step in that direction...

 

[BillL]

I had a plan to seal mine with baffle material on a small box. I flew with some tufts around the area and covers off to see how much air motion there was . . . not enough to move the yarn. I terminated the project but my tufts may have been too stiff. Scott says use small streamers of toilet paper.

In an experiment, a web of ripstop material between the vertical rib for the roll bar and the seat back stopped the cold draft up my arm pit.

 

[Scott Hersha]

Just curious, what RV are you referring to? With the flaps up, on the RV’s I’ve built/owned, the bottom inboard flap skin covers that opening. Could you possibly add a piece aluminum to the flap that would cover that opening?

 

[Dauntless]

RV6A 2nd owner and yes my lower flap skins cover the hole its just not (pretty). Im in the process of converting from manual to electric flaps.