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  • Writer's picturePaul Catterson

WINGS: Flap lower skin drilling

Spent a few hours on either side of the Seahawks game aligning both skins and drilling the lower skins. I found the factory slot for the deployment arm was a little too close for comfort, creating a little bit of "lift" right where the brackets slides under the skin. After some help from Omar on the GlastarNet forums, I decided I would open this up about 1/4 inch. That worked out very well and now the skin fits perfectly flat leading to the spar.

I installed the recommended spacer blocks between the flap track guide arms and the deployment arms (5/8" and 1/2" respectively) and clamped the ends to the spar on the rivet line. Minimal adjustment was required to align the spar under the factory holes, so all went very smoothly. Aligning the nose and aft ribs simply required reaching under the skin and adjusting to reveal the centerline.



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