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TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Discovering and fixing a small mechanical interference in the spoilers.</p><p>The spoiler cap, in some places, wasn't fitting into the recess in the wing properly.</p><p>Why?</p><p>1st photo - spoiler is halfway retracted into the wing. One of the parallelogram arms is at a 45 deg angle. You can see that I have already removed some semicircular sections in the upper spoiler paddle to avoid parts colliding as the spoiler closes.</p><p>2nd - looking directly up into the spoiler paddle. There are spring loaded bolts to hold the spoiler cap. This particular bolt is rather close to a parallelogram arm...</p><p>3rd - ...especially when the arm is swinging more as the spoiler is almost fully closed.</p><p>4th - That telltale dimple on the parallelogram arm tells me everything. The bolt is a little bit too long.</p><p>A Dremel and cutting wheel removed 2mm of bolt.</p><p>Problem solved!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avgeek</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aviation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElectricAircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricAircraft</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ExperimentalAviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExperimentalAviation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/homebuilt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homebuilt</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Glider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glider</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Wing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spoiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spoiler</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Parallelogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parallelogram</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Geometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geometry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Interference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interference</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dremel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dremel</span></a></p>
TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Checking the fit of the spoiler cap into the glider wing. (I need to do more sanding of the beveled edges because it sits a little bit high.)</p><p>The typical glider spoiler is mounted on a swinging parallelogram, and is controlled by a push-pull tube. It also features an over center lock, which was not activated in this video.</p><p>Note that the lower spoiler paddle is not installed at the moment. When it is, it produces a complete wall to the local airflow over the top of the wing. That is how we control descent angle during final approach to land.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avgeek</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aviation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElectricAircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricAircraft</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ExperimentalAviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExperimentalAviation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/homebuilt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homebuilt</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Glider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glider</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Wing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spoiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spoiler</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Parallelogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parallelogram</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Geometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geometry</span></a></p>
🌪 MikeMathia.com 📡<p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Parallelogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parallelogram</span></a></p>
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