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,…
Category: Flaperons
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…
Day 23: Flaperon Hinge Brackets (1hr 15m)
The instructions suggest using a band saw to cut the corners from the brackets but I didn’t have one available so I borrowed a hacksaw from my brother in law. I set to the first bracket and immediately found a…
Day 22: Flaperon Hinge Brackets (1h 30m)
Each nose rib has a hinge bracket attached which is made out of the small l-angles that had holes previously marked and drilled. The bracket attaches to both the spar and the nose rib so to find the correct position,…