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Aileron Rigging

I rigged the ailerons today. I am running out of parts to work on with Vans delayed from COVID. I put in my brackets for the roll servo...

Done with ailerons

I didn’t take many pictures today, since they were basically the same as the other one . I was able to wrap up the ailerons today though....

Wrapping up an Aileron

I started closing it the first aileron by driving the solid rivers along the top skin A finished top skin with the end ribs clecoed in...

More aileron

I started assembling the rest of the aileron parts for match drilling One aileron set to the side Second one assembled and ready to go...

Aileron assembly

Today I started the assembly on the aileron skins I clecoed the stiffeners on and prepared to back rivet Here one side is complete ready...

Dimpling

With the skins and stiffeners deburred, I got out the C-frame to dimple the skins. After working through the skins, I set them off to the...

More Aileron Progress

I kept working through the ailerons. First I cleared off my workbench to have more room for the skins. Then I clecoed the stiffeners to...

Skin deburring

A little progress today. I started deburring the edges of the skins for the ailerons.

Aileron Parts

I started working on the stiffeners for the ailerons. I am working through both sets at once. After cutting them apart, I used my new...

Starting the ailerons

Payton helped me out the bottom skins on, since that is probably the best place to keep them from getting damaged The winds will s sit...

Wing conduit and rear spar riveting

Here is the conduit installed it sits just above the inspection panel and was very useful on my dad’s -7 when we added features that...

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