REFLECTOR: clearance question

[Scott Baker]

Grigore,
Excellent question!
Builders sometimes try to maintain too close of a gap between the control surfaces and the bodies of the aircraft that do not move.
A finished gap of 1/8" to 1/4" is fine.
Best regards,
Scott B.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Grigore Rosu 
  To: reflector at tvbf.org 
  Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 10:48 PM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: clearance question


  Is there any prefered clearance between moving airframe parts and rigid ones?  For example, what should be the perfect distance between the elevators and the fuselage, or between the elevators and the canard tips?  I'm assuming that priming will take a bit of room, too, so one should allows a bit of a larger clearance initially?  So far I tried to maintain 1/4'', which looks OK by eye, but I was not able to find any precise numbers in the manual. 

  Thank you,
  Grigore



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