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Flap bearings

My #10 drill bits came today. These were definitely necessary for the bolts to easily install through the plastic blocks. I also had to...

Attaching flaps

I rigged and drilled the flap hinges today. I used the aileron rigging jig to help line the trailing edges up.

Other flap

Not many pictures here, as it looks the same as the other one

Even more flap work

I continued working through the flap rivets today I riveted the top surface first. then flipped it around to do the bottom surface. The...

More Flaps

I started riveting one of the flaps together today. It was a challenge getting into some of the areas with the bucking bar. Ready for...

Flap Assembly

I finished deburring the flap skins so I could begin their assembly. I then used the C-Frame and got dimplping. Leslie was helping me...

Deburring

Not much visual progress today. I mostly debuted the flap parts to get them ready for painting.

Flaps and pushrods

I adjusted the large end brackets to get them to fit better and drilled them in place I then did the same thing to the other flap After...

On to the flaps

The flaps are the last control surface on the aircraft. Peter helped me get the spar out I got the bottom skins to the flaps on both...

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