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Flying

We made a trip to Chicago to see my parents, and the weather cooperated to allow a little flying. I was able to get current in my dad’s...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Primer

I primed the parts for the flaps and pushrods, including the inside of the pushrods.

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...

Aileron assembly

I started the day by priming my parts. after the primer cured, I riveted the doublers onto the spars Then I began assembling the...

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...

Shop Upgrade

I got sidetracked by some house projects this weekend, but took some time to add an additional bank of lights. When I had the wing 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...

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