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Jim Mantyla
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 2:42 pm 
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Guys,
My hangar mate claims to have been speaking to a fellow Thorp owner that works at Saber, the prop extension company. This individual claims to have installed gap seals on the ailerons and picked up about 5 mph in cruise. Have any of you done this with similar results? I don't want to go to the touble of engineering and installing them to find out they are like the "dice - amatic" machines that work at the mall but don't when you get them home.

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Jim


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Hagle347
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:19 pm 
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I've got aileron gap seals on 66WT- can't give s report as it won't fly til next month.....


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dan
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:04 pm 
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Hi Jim, I sealed my flaps and my ailerons when I built the bird, so I don't know how it would have done without the seals. I riveted them into the trailing edge of the wing, the ailerons are sealed on the underside, so are the flaps, the Flaps are pretty much sealed on the top also.......Dan


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James Grahn
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:30 pm 
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Pretty much a non event. I put some clear tape on the under side of my aileron gaps some years ago. I couldn't tell the difference.
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irapilot
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:46 pm 
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Hello Jim, I can honestly Confirm a speed increase, I gained about 5 mph, I run the Rat motor so any speed mod really shows it self, but also works in the opposite direction if you do something that slows the plane......Ira


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Jim Mantyla
PostPosted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:26 am 
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Guys,

Could any of you post pictures of your gap seal installations?

Thanks,

Jim


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