Day 19: Slats 3 and 4, More Tip Work (1h 15m)

Another build day, another deburring session. I took the assembled slat apart, deburred holes and edges and applied primer. Again, while waiting for the primer to dry I had another go at the tips. I got them pretty close this time but still a little too large to get inside the ends.

With the primer dry, the slat was re-assembled and riveted to complete slat number 3: the passenger-side outboard slat.

With enthusiasm high we took out the final slat and folder the skin over to the ribs, this one went as easily as the previous one. I wish we had done these first, went much easier than the inboard skins.

Once cleco’d in place, I drilled out the holes to size 30 for the A4 rivets and called it a day. Next build day will start with the usual deburring and should end with all 4 slats complete bar installing the tip. The flaperons will be soon.