REFLECTOR: Elevator/fuselage gap

[Alex Balic]

John, that will work out well actually, just make a nice 3/4" fillet between
the fuselage  and the canard/elevator, top and bottom.... it should have
about a 2" radius in plan view between the fuse and the trailing corner of
the elevator, and trail out about 2" behind the elevator, sorry I don't have
pictures right now, but I will send them along when I take a couple

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Paula & John Schoorl
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:44 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Elevator/fuselage gap


Does anyone have some pictures and/or suggestions about how they shaped
their elevators next to the fuselage?  Craig and I trimmed our elevators
square where they bolt to the concentric torque tube.  When we installed
them on the canard and onto the airplane, we were left with about a 2-3" gap
between the elevator and the fuselage at the elevator leading edge.  This
gap decreased down to interference at the trailing edge which required some
filing on the elevators.
We are wondering if anyone is filling this gap or has any other
pleasing-to-the-eye suggestions.

Thanks,
John Schoorl
XLFG
Palmdale, CA


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