Aileron and Trim Tab Fabric

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Aileron and Trim Tab Fabric

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Hi All ...I'm doing the fabric on trim tab and Ailerons and I am curious how you laid the fabric down on the trim tab and how you finished the ends of the Ailerons. ....Thanks in Advance for your help....jbird
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Re: Aileron and Trim Tab Fabric

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jbird,
These are aileron/flap pics from the factory, I did something similar. My trim tab was covered the same as any of the other tail surfaces. Start with the lower fabric glued to the frame. Top fabric overlaps the bottom fabric by 1". everything is just smaller!!

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Re: Aileron and Trim Tab Fabric

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Great! Thanks Gary.
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Re: Aileron and Trim Tab Fabric

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If you look up Brian Ewert's build on Kitlog he filled his ends with pieces of wood similar to the ribs that are used to build the flaps and ailerons. Looks like it cleans up the ends real nice. I would assume you would use a thin plywood similar to what is used in RC modeling. Perhaps this link will work. http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_l ... 501&row=19. Joe B
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His pictures sure look like fabric to me.
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Re: Aileron and Trim Tab Fabric

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I did mine in the opposite order...
I figured by putting the ends on first, the fabric wrapped around the aileron or flap helps to hold the ends on. After all the work I have put into covering now, I realize that the Stewarts Ekobond is so strong, the order is likely irrelevant. Either way you do it will likely be fine. By the time you add the pinking tapes on the edges and multiple layers of primer and paint, it will look pretty much the same and be very strong without adding any wood to the ends!
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Re: Aileron and Trim Tab Fabric

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I actually just used fabric for my ends, it just looks like wood in the pictures. I covered everything then put a "cap" of fabric on the end. After you add finishing tapes you can't tell what came first.
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