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Right aileron ready for final disassembly prior to riveting.
Right aileron components ready for assembly.
Right aileron nose skin, nose ribs, and counterweight assembly in place.
Right aileron top skin clecoed in place for riveting.
Right aileron main (end) ribs ready for riveting.
Right aileron bottom skin clecoed in place for riveting.
Right aileron trailing edge clecoed in place for riveting.
Right aileron complete and headed into the house for the duration…
Aileron ribs clecoed to spars. Stainless steel tubes are the counterbalances.
Aileron ribs clecoed to spars. Stainless steel tubes are the counterbalances.
Left aileron nose skin clecoed in place.
Right aileron counterbalance attached to nose ribs.
Right aileron clecoed back together to complete counterbalance drilling.
Right wing main spar ready for its turn. Unfortunately, I ran out of J-stiffener stock and had to order another piece. So…over the next few days, I’ll be building the ailerons instead.
Aileron components primed.
More aileron components.
Aileron ribs and inboard & outboard hinge bracket bits.
Right flap disassembly in progress…
Right flap component priming…
Right flap nose and top skin clecoed to structure for riveting.
Right flap nose and top skin clecoed to structure for riveting.
Right flap nose and top skin clecoed to structure for riveting.
