When I was installing the L-angle onto the back of the control horn I thought it odd that there was such an overlap above the control horn. I didn’t spend much time thinking about it other than I’d have to…
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Day 27: Pilot side outboard flaperon (1hr 35m)
Like many other days this one started out with deburring and priming the flaperon skin, spar and ribs. While the primer was drying I revisited the remaining 4 hinge brackets that were yet to have a corner removed. Now that…
Day 26: Passenger side inboard flaperon (3 hr)
The flaperon skin gets riveted to the spar by cleco-ing both sides of the skin to the spar and ribs, riveting the top side of the skin and then bending over the nose skin to form the flaperon edge. Well,…
Day 25: Flaperon Control Horn and Skin Preparation (1h 30m)
The back of the control horn is strengthened by attaching a strip of L-angle to the horn and spar. The location of the holes were determined by placing it under the skin and drilling through the skin holes, then moving…
Day 24: Flaperon Root Rib and Full Rib (2hr 15m)
Each end of a flaperon gets a root rib, a full rib or a tip. A full rib is placed on the each of the “internal” ends, where the inboard and outboard flaperons join. The root rib gets attached to…