The high performance sailplanes use "turbulator tape" right on the wings.
Could also be used on powered aircraft.
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...urbulator+tape
Karl
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Art Matteson of AMR&D uses tape for his gap seals. It's 3M Scotch #8672
one
inch wide polyurethane tape which you can buy for like $30 a roll. Of
course for those of us with certified planes it would be "illegal" to put
the stuff on without a 337 or STC. As far as I can tell it works about
as
well as aluminum gap seals it's just cheaper and easier to install.
I know it's illegal to put tape on control surfaces without an STC -- but
what's the group-think on putting it on other aerodynamic problem areas?
For example, on a gap between two clamshell halves of a wheel pant?
Does
putting speed tape on a non-structural member require an STC?
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Jay Honeck
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