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,…
Day 21: Flaperon Spars ( 2hr 5m)
At the end of the previous day I had been concerned that the “natural fit” of the ribs to the spars did not mesh with the statement in the photo manual of how the flanges should face. So, I started…
Day 20b: Flaperons Beginning (30m)
We started off our Flaperons build with removing the component parts from the crate and moving them to the garage. They posed for a picture. As with the slats, the flaperons come in four pieces, two per side. Identifying which…