701 top wingskin to "short" aft...

When putting on my skin on the 701 wing, it seems that the topskin should have been about 4 or 5 mm "longer" in aft direction- when meeting the bottom aft skin. The bottom aft skin has a angle, that are suposed to "slide" and join parallel to the top-skin. But to get the top & bottom skin to bee align, I need to stop the bottom skin early, resulting in that i need to "squeece" the skins sligthly together. Anyone agreeing in this, or have i done something wrong ?

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Permalink Reply by Chris Aysen on September 28, 2009 at 12:19pm
Einar - Check all you measurements and if they are right then I can make this comment. I had the same problem. I "squeeced" them. The plane flys great.
Permalink Reply by Einar Arne Kleiven on September 28, 2009 at 3:04pm
Chris
Phuu.. So its not just me then (it is allways comforting to know: Im not alone!!) When I squeeced the first wing, i tried to let the topskin be "unbent" . In that way i hope im not "designing" a type of spoiler / flap...when rivetting.
Thank you for the info
Permalink Reply by Kevin McCune on October 12, 2009 at 6:24am
Squeeced?
Permalink Reply by Einar Arne Kleiven on October 12, 2009 at 10:33am
Kevin

This problem is not big, but it is present (and that is a fact, at least on my kit!)
I will try to make a drawing (in the older days, at scool: I was more dreaming of flying, than learning english....he he)
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Permalink Reply by Kevin McCune on October 12, 2009 at 2:58pm
Got it thanks

Kevin

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