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Pitot tube plumbing

this is the last of the loose pieces I have, other than the lower skins and fiberglass parts. I wrapped this up with parts I ordered from...

Attaching flaps

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

Pitot Tube

I have a Dynon heated pitot tube and controller I decided to mount the controller on the opposite bay from the inspection panel to keep...

Pushrods assembly

I assembled the pushrods, though I had to get an additional rivet for the thin ones. the ends were pretty difficult to get in place. they...

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...

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...

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...

Wing wiring and aileron bracket

I picked up an assortment of cheap extensions from harbor freight to drill the rest of the conduit holes. here they are all in a line...

Wing wiring conduit

I drilled some holes for a plastic conduit for wing wiring today. This is corrugated plastic tubing from McMaster carr that snaps into...

Primer

I set up to prime my wing parts today For some reason, my primer came out shiny this time. It was a new quart, but the same post and...

Aileron gap fairing and flap brace

I finished up the aileron hinge by countersinking them where required I spent a fair amount of time double checking the plans here as...

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