Help!!!! Flap rigging on a model 2 or 3

[dalords]

Can anyone help me with how to set the flap travel on a model 2 or 3. Should the flap handle go all the way to the floor for the 0 position and how may inches off the floor with the flap handle would equal about 20 degrees on the flaperons?any info would be great.

[rv9ralph]

Here is a picture of the flap handle on my KF3. Note that there are 3 detents for position. The total movement is not that much for the 3 settings. On the earlier Kitfoxes, the flap works more as a trim than traditional flaps.

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Ralph
Livermore, CA

[dalords]

So Ralph how far or how many degrees do your flaperons when you put them on all the way?

[dalords]

Ralph if you don't know the degrees of travel. how many inches up is the handle from the floor measured at the end of the yellow portion of your handle?

[rv9ralph]

I didn't build my Kitfox, so I do not know the build set-up process, I do have the manuals, but a quick scan did not show the process.
Tomorrow, if I remember while at the hangar, I will measure the throw at the end of the handle for each of the 3 settings.

Ralph

[rv9ralph]

Ok, I finally had a chance, and remembered to get some pictures for you. In the following pictures I placed my scale next to the flap lever to show the distance from the floorboards for each of the 3 positions. I then placed the scale next to the position notches so you could see the distances for those.
This is the most upper position
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The middle position
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The lower position
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The next 2 photos show the length of the flap arm and the detents on the selector stop plate. The Phillips screw head is a stop.

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Ralph
Livermore, CA