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flyingphil2
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 Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:30 am Post subject: Flap operation - trigear |
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A quick question for tri-gear owners.
Do you lower your flaps by holding your finger down on the flap switch until the motor drives the flaps to the correct setting?
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Do you have a clever switch that you can just press and let go and the motor drives the flaps to half flap, followed by another press to drive the flaps to full flap?
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Duncan McFadyean
Joined: 18 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:13 am Post subject: Flap operation - trigear |
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The former.
On a related question, has anyone replaced their electric flaps with a manual system (but not the mono system of levers and rods)?
The Motion Systems servo requires increasing amounts of commutator cleaning (now down to about 10 hour cycles, which is too much, and has been a problem on RVs too).
Duncan McF.
| Quote: | On 15 June 2021 at 11:30 flyingphil2 <philipjtiller(at)gmail.com> wrote:
A quick question for tri-gear owners.
Do you lower your flaps by holding your finger down on the flap switch until the motor drives the flaps to the correct setting?
Or
Do you have a clever switch that you can just press and let go and the motor drives the flaps to half flap, followed by another press to drive the flaps to full flap?
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budyerly@msn.com
Joined: 05 Oct 2019
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Location: Florida USA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:40 pm Post subject: Flap operation - trigear |
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Duncan,
Mechanically, I'm not a fan of the manual flap bar. I also do not like a slow actuator.
Attached is my aircraft flap drive modification. Of course, you will need modification approvals and do some research on your own. The Motion Industries unit I use is fast, powerful, but I had to work with them to get the rear support hole the way I wanted it so I could use the basic Europa bracket to attach it to the floor. I also had to cross drill the head to prevent it from unscrewing while being careful not to let Motion know it is in an airplane, they don't want to sell one even if it is experimental aircraft.
Ah litigation. Anyway, I am happy with this type of fast servo. Perhaps a bit of looking you may find one. It is easier running wires than making a flap bar with all its supports and linkages. Although it would be a fun exercise.
Good Luck.
Bud Yerly
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