Gap seal elevator suggestions please

[jrthomas]

Clear book binder tape works well. We've used it on several different planes, applying it from the top and the bottom and letting the tape meet between the horizonal and the elevator. It has to be replaced every couple of years. James Thomas

[Av8r3400]

Colored "racing tape" can be had at most speed shops or automotive parts stores.

I've never had to remove it, so I don't know what it does or does not do to the underlying paint...

[cardinal flier]

My buddy uses 3 M book binder tape on his Edge 540 that he flies in Unlimited IAC. Works great and can be removed without leaving much residue. Residue can be cleaned.

Bruce Estes
Still in phase one (weather sucks this time of the year, even in California)
KF IV, 912, IVO IFA
Lots of fun

[Slyfox]

2 inch packaging tape. clear. pull off a strip the size you need, lay it on the table, take another piece the same length. take that one and set it on the other piece of tape so you touch each with the sticky side but only half the width. steady now, you can mess it real easy. Now take what you have, sticky on both sides, and put it into the gap and apply on the horizontal and than pick up the elevator and reach under the elevator and stick the other end onto the elevator. Done, now it's sealed. Now you can leave it or find your color paint at the hardware store and spray to match.

[catz631]

Roger,
Then of course you could go this way.
Dick

[cap01]

dick , what is that stuff ? ive seen it before but dont know where to get it .

[Dorsal]

As I recall he got it at a flea market, can't find a source and continues to tease us with pictures of really excellent solution that is just out of reach