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[Bootlegger]

  Guy's when you are bending your flap/elevator joiner wire what have you found to be the best way to gat accurate bends?

                     Thanks a lot,             

[Chuck_Smith]

Honestly - I bend the joiners, mock everything up with the hinges temporarily installed and then trace were they need to be on the flaps or elevators with a felt-tip, then build my plywood "clips" and install them.

On a built-up flap I'll leave a 1/2 tip outboard, mock it up and then sand the ends of the flaps to even out any problems. With reasonable care you can get joiners pretty close ( say with .063") by just going slow and using your eyes.


Or lately, I buy horns and design the parts to fit. That's the easiest way to do it.


Chuck

[Derek Moran]

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Derek

[MarcusCordeiro]

That is some serious fabrication...

Marcus

[Allan Perret]

  Guy's when you are bending your flap/elevator joiner wire what have you found to be the best way to gat accurate bend ?

Make a test bend with same wire, tool, and bend sequence to determine take-up. 
If for example test bend comes up 3/16" too narrow, add that amount to layout of next bend and you should be real close.

[Bootlegger]

           Thanks guy's, sure do appreciate all the info...

[Chuck Feldman]

I use a pair of vice grips that are modified per Charlie Reeves. The edge of the jaws are rounded so that you can get  a proper radius. Then measure and correct if needed.

Chuck

[john e. holliday]

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Derek

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