Need Help - Flap Piano Hinge

[compren]

I am working on my first flap and am to the point where I need to match drill the piano hinge to the bottom of the flap spar. The drawing doesn't look right to me and I just wanted to confirm a few things:

1.) Does the piano hinge run the entire length of the flap spar? The drawing looks like it comes up a few inches short of the entire length, but it was a long weekend and I may be seeing things that aren't there. In any case, I am not clear and am looking for insight.

2.) The piano hinge I have is a good 2' longer than the flap spar, do I just cut off the excess? Should I leave the hinge pin in when I cut, or am I going to need a longer hinge pin in the end?

3.) It looks like, later in the build, I need to decide on a couple different methods to secure that hinge pin. It also looks like 2 hinge pins are ultimately better than one for maintenance / working reasons. Is there anything I should do now when I am about to attach the hinge, or can it just wait?

Thanks for the help.

-John
RV-7A (Working on Wings)
Spring, TX

 

[BSwayze]

John,
I'm not sure how helpful this is. I don't have my drawings in front of me for the wings. I put them away a long time ago. But I do have some pics from my log showing the hinge for the flaps. I hope this is helpful. I do remember trimming the hinge to length, and you definitely want to remove the pins first! You'll need excess length on the pins to make a right-angle bend in the middle so you have something to hang onto to pull the pins out.

If you look close in the center, you'll see an eyelet or two removed to allow the hinge pins to be inserted and removed from that point.