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Kev wrote:



Hmm. So about $100 per pound lost, which isn't too bad. Especially
compared to speed mods like gap seals etc, which cost what? $1000 per
mph gained? Something like that? It's been a while since I
researched that.

Gap seals are dirt cheap. I can get gap seals for my ailerons that are
really just tape. Around $100 for the kit. Several companies sell gap
seals for the flaps of Cessna's. Maybe $300 for a typical 182.

News,

Where do you get the "just tape" aileron gap seals?

Karl



"Newps" wrote in message
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Kev wrote:



Hmm. So about $100 per pound lost, which isn't too bad. Especially
compared to speed mods like gap seals etc, which cost what? $1000 per
mph gained? Something like that? It's been a while since I
researched that.

Gap seals are dirt cheap. I can get gap seals for my ailerons that are
really just tape. Around $100 for the kit. Several companies sell gap
seals for the flaps of Cessna's. Maybe $300 for a typical 182.

Not being a Cessna guy anymore I don't recall which companies sold the
tape kits. Here's a few links for gap seals.

http://www.skywagons.com/modaddress.html

http://www.wicksaircraft.com/catalog...407/index.html

Get with the Cessna Pilots Assoc and they'll help you out too. There
was always a lot of talk on the web board about these gap seals.




karl gruber wrote:

News,

Where do you get the "just tape" aileron gap seals?

Karl

I didn't think you could get them. Hey, I all over the net!

Karl


"Newps" wrote in message
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Not being a Cessna guy anymore I don't recall which companies sold the
tape kits. Here's a few links for gap seals.

http://www.skywagons.com/modaddress.html

http://www.wicksaircraft.com/catalog...407/index.html

Get with the Cessna Pilots Assoc and they'll help you out too. There was
always a lot of talk on the web board about these gap seals.




karl gruber wrote:

News,

Where do you get the "just tape" aileron gap seals?

Karl

Newps wrote:
Kev wrote:

Hmm. So about $100 per pound lost, which isn't too bad. Especially
compared to speed mods like gap seals etc, which cost what? $1000 per
mph gained? Something like that? It's been a while since I
researched that.

Gap seals are dirt cheap. I can get gap seals for my ailerons that are
really just tape. Around $100 for the kit. Several companies sell gap
seals for the flaps of Cessna's. Maybe $300 for a typical 182.

Gap seals should be dirt cheap, but I can't find any for less that
$450, with 8 hours labor (another $500 at least), for about $1000
installed. Where are you finding a $100 legal kit?

Kev

On 23 Nov 2006 09:15:40 -0800, "Kev" wrote:

Gap seals are dirt cheap. I can get gap seals for my ailerons that are
really just tape. Around $100 for the kit. Several companies sell gap
seals for the flaps of Cessna's. Maybe $300 for a typical 182.

Gap seals should be dirt cheap, but I can't find any for less that
$450, with 8 hours labor (another $500 at least), for about $1000
installed. Where are you finding a $100 legal kit?

Mine cost $5 for a lifetime supply, at Lowes Aerospace. On Experimentals, at
least, we can just use duct tape. I replace it every three years or so, if it
looks like it's starting to separate.

Doesn't improve the speed (very little WOULD, in this airplane) but it increases
the aileron effectiveness.

Ron Wanttaja