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chenoweth(at)gwi.net
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject: wing gap seal

I'm trying to figure out how the rubber seal  between the wing gap seal and the fuselage is terminated along the bottom of the  fuselage.  I'm building a 9 tailwheel so there is no main gear fairing to  cover the termination.  

 Do any of you tailwheel builders have suggestions  on how to do this or perhaps a picture.  Also, is it appropriate or  necessary to glue the rubber seal to the gap seal?  If so, with  what?

 Thanks,

 Bill

 Albion, Maine

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aurbo(at)ak.net
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject: wing gap seal

Bill, 

I can't answer how to terminate the strip but perhaps I can help with the glue. I have used 3M contact cement (yellow) with great success when attaching rubber parts to Cessnas in the past. Just smear a light coat on each part, let dry, put them together and they will stick. This glue is real messy so tape off any place you don't want to glue. 

Mike



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bill(at)repucci.com
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: wing gap seal

Bill,

  

 I just  left mine about an inch long, for now.  It will probably be glued to the  fairing at some point but with 40 hours, it has only come off once, that gets  your attention.

  

 The  glue I will use will be Automotive Trim Adhesive from Goop.  It is  available at most auto parts store.  That is the same stuff I used to  secure my zip-tie stand-offs after removing the adhesive  square.

  

 Bill

  

 

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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:23 am Post subject: wing gap seal

Mike,

  

 I guess I'm going to wait on the strip termination  technique.  We'll be a Sun n Fun again next year so I should have lots of  samples to look at.  Thanks for the glue idea - from what Bill R. said I  suspect I can go without for a while or maybe just glue here and  there.

  

 Bill

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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: wing gap seal

Bill,

  

 I agree. Doesn't seem to be a big area  for concern. Bill R. Has done it and is flying, good on him. He likes Goop and  has used it a lot, I have more experience with the 3M weather strip adhesive.  Both probably do the same thing equally well.

  

 I do like the fact that Bill R., you and  I are build 9's. Some day we might all get together at a 9 convention. A  conventional geared 9 convention.

  

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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: wing gap seal

Mike,

  

 You  have it lucky up there, your summer time temps are as hot as ours here in the  Carolinas.  The Goop trim adhesive seems to hold, regardless of the OAT's  and it remains flexible.  That's why I recommend.  I'm sure the 3M  product is equally as good.

  

 I'm  game to get the -9's together.

  

 On our  return from the beach we stopped at a local airport for cheep fuel ($3.75/gal)  and they had a big fly-in (Sky raider, P-51, DC-3, and a bunch of home  builts.)  We pulled up to the pumps, filled up, and left but in that time I  was asked if my -9 was an RV-4, 6, 7, or 8, Swift, and a few others.  One  guy asked why I put a new cowling on my plane.  He looked dumbfounded when  I told him it was to match the new plane it was attached to.  I don't think  he understood even after I mentioned that I just finished building it.   

  

 Keep  pounding those rivets guys, this -9 is one VERY nice flying  bird!

  

 Bill

  

 

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:45 am Post subject: wing gap seal

My gap seal run from rear of the top skin all the way around to rear of the bottom skin.  I have not attached them with any adhesive and they stay in position.  I can get photos if you wish.

  

 John Kerr

  

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From: "Chenoweth" <chenoweth(at)gwi.net> 

    I'm trying to figure out how the rubber seal between the wing gap seal and the fuselage is terminated along the bottom of the fuselage.  I'm building a 9 tailwheel so there is no main gear fairing to cover the termination.  

 Do any of you tailwheel builders have suggestions on how to do this or perhaps a picture.  Also, is it appropriate or necessary to glue the rubber seal to the gap seal?  If so, with what?

 Thanks,

 Bill

 Albion, Maine

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: wing gap seal

John,

 Thanks and if it's not too much trouble I would  like to see what it looks like on the bottom of your plane.

 Bill

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