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Old August 19th 13, 04:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Luke Szczepaniak
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Default Discus Aileron Seals

Here is a very nice article on applying control seals that I have come
across, hope it helps.

http://crazyslovenian.wordpress.com/...for-dummies-1/

Cheers,
Luke Szczepaniak

On 08/19/2013 10:32 AM, Peter F wrote:
In Richard Johnson's flight test of the original Discus he replaces the
mylar seals with internal fabric seals & gets a noticeable improvement in
performance.

The mylar on my Discus CS is 20years old & starting to lift in places, so I
will need to replace it.

Has anyone out there done the internal seal mod?
Did you think there was any advantage
Can I have both internal & mylar seals?

The pushrod holes for Aileron & Airbrake are sealed with rubber bellows.
These are also 20 yrs old.
Anyone know of a way to test whether these are perished, no longer
sealing?

Many thanks

PF