{"id":1053,"date":"2016-09-17T10:54:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T18:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stol750project.info\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2016-09-17T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T18:54:32","slug":"flaperon-install-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=1053","title":{"rendered":"Flaperon Install Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now the mornings are getting cool I should be able to sneak a couple of hours and there before the real cooldown starts and we can get this project finished. Well, more finished, anyway.<\/p>\n

To attach the flaperons to the rods I needed to cut an access hole in the baggage area where the rod is. For this I used a menacing-looking 2.5″ hole saw.<\/p>\n

\"2.5"<\/a><\/p>\n

I guessed a location for the hole<\/p>\n

\"Flaperon<\/a><\/p>\n

and while it works, it would have been better an inch or so higher up. With the access hole available I could assemble the flaperon bracket, rod and mounting hardware (bolt and a stand off) to join flaperon with controls.<\/p>\n

\"Flaperon<\/a><\/p>\n

Here you can see how the access hole is a little low.<\/p>\n

\"Flaperon<\/a><\/p>\n

The passenger side rod was jammed against something and would not budge to allow me to install the bolt, so I had to get underneath again and figure out what was wrong. While I was there I looked again at the plans and noticed that I had installed everything on the wrong side of the mixer so I redid it.<\/p>\n

\"Properly<\/a><\/p>\n

This has the expected consequence that the passenger side rod was free of whatever the problem was and I was able to hook it up too.<\/p>\n

\"Pax<\/a><\/p>\n

A quick play with the motor and the control stick verified that everything was working as I hoped, and without having to enlarge the holes in the fuselage.<\/p>\n

This bemused me so I took this video<\/p>\n

\"Flaperons\"<\/a>