{"id":2457,"date":"2013-09-24T22:38:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T02:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2013-09-24T22:47:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T02:47:41","slug":"fun-with-flaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2457","title":{"rendered":"Fun with flap actuators"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had only a little time tonight to spend in the shop, but managed to get a lot done.<\/p>\n

First, I managed to improve the fit of the flap housing sides – this is the problem I mentioned in my last post. \u00a0These things are very thin aluminum and aren’t at all structural, so I enlarged some of the screw holes to allow the part to “float” a bit when all the fasteners are in place…seems to work fine. \u00a0Sorry, I didn’t take any pictures of them after reinstallation.<\/p>\n

\"Flap<\/a>Second, and more importantly, I temporarily mounted the flap actuator to its housing. There’s one aluminum angle supporting the flap actuator that still needs to be mach-drilled to the forward brace – you can see the angle above and very slightly to the right of the actuator motor (for all you non-RVers, it’s the cylindrical thing with screws on the end).<\/p>\n

\"Flap<\/a>Here’s a closeup of the angle. \u00a0One of the cool parts of this process is powering up the actuator with a battery to run out the actuator arm so it can be bolted to the flap arm. \u00a0The flap motor hasn’t been run in five years, but it worked fine.<\/p>\n

With the whole angle\/actuator\/brace assembly in place, and with judicious application of a clamp to the angle, I’ll match-drill the angle and brace…but not tonight. \u00a0I’m whipped and it’s bedtime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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