Flap lever prototype

Flap lever prototype

It is extremely difficult to pull the flaps to the 2nd notch. Therefore, I fabricated a prototype of a new flap lever. The pivot point will be around the seat front wall or maybe even behind - inside the seat. We'll see if this works... Material is 2024-T3 except for the lever, which is stainless steel. The plan is to use a ball joint to connect the lever to the flap mechanism.

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Comment by Richard Jones on April 9, 2013 at 8:39am
Great engineering and craftmanship. Wish you had this design out when I put a manual flap system in my 601XL.
Comment by Ari Hulkkonen on April 9, 2013 at 1:12am

Thanks, but it's really just handmade..I've got a mill but I ended up doing the sheet metal work just using a hand drill and a file.. oh the end knob and the "fork" to connect the flaperon rod were fabricated using a lathe + the mill. 

Comment by Bob McDonald on April 8, 2013 at 3:14pm

Good looking workmanship (craftsmanship) on the flap lever.

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