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Old August 19th 13, 07:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Discus Aileron Seals

On Monday, August 19, 2013 11:56:50 AM UTC-4, Luke Szczepaniak wrote:
Here is a very nice article on applying control seals that I have come

across, hope it helps.



http://crazyslovenian.wordpress.com/...for-dummies-1/



Cheers,

Luke Szczepaniak



On 08/19/2013 10:32 AM, Peter F wrote:

In Richard Johnson's flight test of the original Discus he replaces the


mylar seals with internal fabric seals & gets a noticeable improvement in


performance.




The mylar on my Discus CS is 20years old & starting to lift in places, so I


will need to replace it.




Has anyone out there done the internal seal mod?


Did you think there was any advantage


Can I have both internal & mylar seals?




The pushrod holes for Aileron & Airbrake are sealed with rubber bellows.


These are also 20 yrs old.


Anyone know of a way to test whether these are perished, no longer


sealing?




Many thanks




PF






this is exactly what i was proposing. thanks for the link!