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Old May 23rd 13, 05:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tony[_5_]
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Default How important are aileron gap seals?

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:31:14 AM UTC-5, Evan Ludeman wrote:
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:46:22 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote: The 2-33 at the Wichita Gliderport has the ailerons sealed nicely and it is hands down the nicest flying 2-33 I have had the pleasure of flying. That may be the single most improbable English sentence ever typed :-). T8


i know its hard to believe but that 2-33 really is nice to fly. It is serial 20, very clean, well sealed, not full of dents, etc. We used to have serial 10 at our club and it was also a nice flying but less pretty glider. I've heard that at some point during the run they decreased the aileron deflection which probably had a negative impact on roll rate.