REFLECTOR: Gap between strange and wing

[nmflyer1 at aol.com]

Peter. 


I looked through my pics and do not have a specific pic of this step. Should you need any additional info, feel free to write or  call. I'm pretty pleased with how things turned out on those joint lines. One thing I did find. You really need to have the engine hung and most of the weight on the airplane to get your finish work to a stage where it will not change. 
I did find afterwords that some things on the fuselage do change a touch when you hang the engine & wings. Most obvious, Alignment of gear and door finish work. 


Kurt 
505-610-3676



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Braswell <peter.braswell at gmail.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 12:15 pm
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Gap between strange and wing


Kurt,
I'm starting to get the picture in my head… I'm sure I can figure it out but you don't happen to have a photo do you?


TIA,
Peter

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On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 5:22 PM,  <nmflyer1 at aol.com> wrote:

Peter. 
 
What I did was:  
 
Get wings jigged where they should be. 
 
Put a piece of duct tape over the aft 1" of the joint line (top  and bottom).  Hot-glue a stir stick into the joint right at the leading edge joint. 
 
Use a taping knife and the filler you plan on using. Fill/feather the entire area to get a transition that you like. Dont fill over the duct tape or knock out the stir stick. 
 
After it dries, pull off the tape and pull out the stir stick. 
 
Mark a line between the slot in the aft portion where the duct tape was, and the small slot in the leading edge. 
 
Using a hack saw blade, re-cut the line between the strake and the wing. 
 
Fill the area where the tape and stick were, sand and feather. Then recut these areas. 
 
Nice straight lines and very smooth transition. I found that the area near the strake, spar, wing, and right at the leading edge were pretty close anyway.. 
 
Kurt 




-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Braswell <peter.braswell at gmail.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 3:15 pm
Subject: REFLECTOR: Gap between strange and wing


All,
I'm to the point where the strake is about complete and I'm ready to flip the airplane over.  The manual doesn't go into a lot of detail and I was wondering what process or procedure folks are using to make the area where the top and bottom skin of the strakes meet the top and bottom skin of the wings?  Is there some technique to lap over and close off the entire gap or are builders just trying to get the gap and intersection as close and neat as possible?


TIA,
Peter

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