Turtledeck Slot Seal

[n85ae]

This subject comes up often, and I thought I would post what I did on mine. I
didn't like the Chicago winter blowing in behind me, so I fabricated these plates
in about 15 minutes ... I take them out in the summer when the weather here
turns from Siberia to Cambodia ...

Jeff

[DesertFox4]

Simple and effective. Two things I appreciate.

[n85ae]

It's not very elegant, but it works well, and it was simple. I was out at the
airport getting ready for winter, and figured I would post pics since I have seen
people ask in the past.

Jeff

[aviator79]

Something to consider for new builders: If you hinge the turtledeck, you don't need the slots at all.

[jrevens]

If you do the hinge like I did, I think you still need to slot the opening if you want to be able to remove the entire turtledeck to fold the wings, etc. in fact, even to get it on initially, unless you want to remove the flaperons first.

[jrevens]

Thinking about it a little more, you may be right, Brian. A single cut on both sides, in the right place, would probably do it. Good thinking! I guess the reason I didn't even think about it is because I already had the slots cut when I came up with my hinge installation.

[Bartman1959]

This subject comes up often, and I thought I would post what I did on mine. I
didn't like the Chicago winter blowing in behind me, so I fabricated these plates
in about 15 minutes ... I take them out in the summer when the weather here
turns from Siberia to Cambodia ...

Jeff

I think I need to do something similar since on Friday's flight, my wife was complaining about wind on the back of her neck.

[rv9ralph]

The whole tailbone can be a wind tunnel.

Ralph

[jrevens]

So true... so sometimes you just have to stay away from the Mexican food.

I just couldn’t help myself, Ralph.

[rv9ralph]

Don't blame you. But that darn auto correct... it's my worst enema.

Ralph