Well after this image I took several hours getting the flap hinge drilled to align the flap exactly how I wanted. The video goes into detail, but it wasn’t easy. Challenge is keeping all training edges in trail, flap-to-aileron gap consistent and correct (1/4″), and hold it all there without the use of clecos until […]

Still on the flaps. Again, easiest doesn’t mean easy. There are some stumbling blocks here, but I should be able to bust up and prime soon. Instructions said shims might be necessary, but I’ve determined my “rear spar” can fit against the ribs nearly perfectly with some adjustment. Be careful doing this, as my video […]

I’ve started the flaps. These are entertaining pieces with match plates, ribs, and some fairly unique skin alignment that incorporates a “rear spar” into the bottom skin. The flaps are supposedly the easiest control surface of the plan. Easiest still doesn’t mean easy, as nothing about this is easy, per se. However, I am finding […]

Finishing the ailerons was fairly uneventful. Getting the weldments attached correctly was a bit of a chore, and space was limited. I did wind up modifying (grinding away) an open-ended wrench in order to tighten some locknuts. Riveting the top and bottom spar strips required weighing the aileron down flat on the workbench. I used […]