REFLECTOR: Sealing Elevator Tube

Chuck Jensen cjensen at dts9000.com
Wed Oct 7 07:41:20 CDT 2009


John,

The sealing between the fuselage and the shower rod sheath is just done with latex caulk or silastic.  When the canard is removed, it provides no resistance and is replaced when the canard is reinstalled.  Floxing around the sheath would be a different story, but the caulk works fine because there is a very small gap to be filled and there's no out of synch movement between the two surfaces.

Thanks,
Chuck Jensen

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-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of aminetech at bluefrog.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:45 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Sealing Elevator Tube


As I mentioned before, I don't have heating issues, so I really don't have a horse in this race.  However, I looked at my Velo today to see if sealing around the torque tube would be of any benefit.  I have the off-set version, so the shower rod protector method applies.  The bottom 1/2 of the tube has a close fit to the fuselage, so little room for improvement there.  On the top 1/2 however, there is a gaping opening that extends 5/8" forward of the tube.  Most, if not all of the opening is necessary so I can remove the canard.  So, for those who have sealed around the tube, how is the canard removed?

John
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