Speaking of tape...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:Y1oAj.13142$TT4.11271@attbi_s22...

The gap varies somewhat (the two pieces that mate are quite large) from 1/3
to 1/2", but with a solid "lip" of fiberglass backing the gap. The unit is
every bit as strong and sound as new, but that little gap just begs for a
piece of tape to smooth the airflow...
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Isn't that what high-speed (duct) tape is for?


:-o

Isn't that what high-speed (duct) tape is for?

A friend of mine experimented with duct tape on his flap gaps a few years
ago. Unfortunately he chose the flight into OSH for his test flight.

Imagine his horror when he couldn't deploy the flaps when trying to land on
the green dot, short behind another aircraft...

Duct tape isn't a great choice for that sort of thing...

;-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Mar 8, 8:40*am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Isn't that what high-speed (duct) tape is for?

A friend of mine experimented with duct tape on his flap gaps a few years
ago. *Unfortunately he chose the flight into OSH for his test flight.

Imagine his horror when he couldn't deploy the flaps when trying to land on
the green dot, short behind another aircraft...

Duct tape isn't a great choice for that sort of thing...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Tape on a joint that will expand during its movement is not a smart
thing to do. In fact that pilot should hang his head in shame for not
using common sense. Without seeing the application my guess is he
taped up the top of the wing/flap joint, the better way would have
been to tape the lower joint, that one usually gets smaller during
its travel. YMMV.. Either way, OSH is not the place to pull off a test
phase of stupidity....

Tailwinds.

Ben.

On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:40:02 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Isn't that what high-speed (duct) tape is for?

A friend of mine experimented with duct tape on his flap gaps a few years
ago. Unfortunately he chose the flight into OSH for his test flight.

Imagine his horror when he couldn't deploy the flaps when trying to land on
the green dot, short behind another aircraft...

Duct tape isn't a great choice for that sort of thing...

;-)

grey duct tape is good for 150knots provided that none of the edges
protrude through the boundary layer. ...but I dont know about it's
load bearing qualities over an air gap with dynamic pressure to one
side though.

for bridging a half inch gap the sort of polyurethane tape used for
sealing plastic cloches in england is pretty good. I use some for
sealing the gap between the tailplane and the fuselage on the
Tailwind. sure it's a different colour to the white paint (a light
green translucent colour) but it has stayed in place for 4 years.

the glider guys use some sort of surgical tape that has embeded fiber
reinforcing across the width of the tape.

why are you so worried about "approval" for sealing a drag source?
I'd be more worried to degrease the area of the glue bond than to seek
approval to tape up a spat. after all this isnt structural and it is
supposed to be gap free.

Stealth Pilot

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:6zxAj.13756$TT4.3960@attbi_s22...
Isn't that what high-speed (duct) tape is for?

A friend of mine experimented with duct tape on his flap gaps a few years
ago. Unfortunately he chose the flight into OSH for his test flight.

Imagine his horror when he couldn't deploy the flaps when trying to land
on the green dot, short behind another aircraft...

Duct tape isn't a great choice for that sort of thing...


No kidding. An example of a better way:
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/asw20_seal_tapes.htm

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