A good portion of the flaperons were assembled today. The plan called out for fabricating actuation brackets and pivot brackets, but lucky me it looks like Vans has had those pre-fabricated. What a time saver! The small flaperon parts were primed and then I assembled the flaperon skeletons. The aft skins were then attached. The plans call for making sure the skins lay flat against the main ribs, which at first they appeared to lay flat. After riveting the skins it does look like there is a little bow outward of the skins between the main ribs. This will be something I will have to look at in the future to see if they will need to be adjusted by squeezing in on the trailing edge. For now we will leave as is.
Time: 5 hrs.
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| Inboard nose rib |
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| Priming of small flaperon parts |
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| Flaperon skeleton complete |
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| Aft skins clecoed |
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| Aft skins riveted |
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