Andy Henderson wrote:

It's true that many ASW20A's were/are sealed with cloth tape on the
underside of the flaps and sometimes the ailerons. It is needed for
the flaps because of the 55 degree (jesus)down flap setting for short
field landings. Mylar would just peel off when trying this flap
psoition during your control checks.

*Only* 55 degrees? We do 90 degrees in HP-Land. I use wide Scotch plastic
tape applied to the outside surface to seal. Yes, using mylar may be
feasible but it is very difficult to keep stuck in place on these ships.

Regards,

-Doug


Mine is sealed with cloth tape and I intend to leave it on the
underside of the flaps. I have looked at how it is installed. It would
appear it was put on with full negative flap applied and even then a
small amount of "slack" has been left and pushed up into the gap by a
small amount. No matter what flap setting I use this "slack" always
stays up in the gap.

Yup. Same here.