Like the title says, I got all the parts of the flaps dimpled.
Author: Ed
More deburring
I finished deburring the parts of the flaps. I also scuffed them up for priming. I’ve been doing this before dimpling as the dimples make
Deburring
Lots of deburring. I have to say this is the task I like least of all.
More flap stuff
Started out today by match drilling the holes at the trailing edge of the flap attach brackets. With that done, I disassembled the flaps.
Flap drilling
Got the flap parts all match drilled.
Flaps day 2
Tonight was the second night working on the flaps, but it was one of those days when you start with a big pile of parts
Ailerons are DONE!
Another section bites the dust! I got the remaining trailing edge riveted up. Next, I installed the attach hardware. This took a bit of time,
The flaps begin
Since the aileron training edge needs to cure longer before I attempt to rivet it, I decided that I would start construction of the flaps.
Gap fairings riveting
Since I had to wait on the proseal for the second aileron, I figured I’d rivet on the wing gap fairings. This is a very
Aileron trailing edge, more proseal
Well, it’s been a few days, and it’s time to rivet up the first aileron’s trailing edge. After cleaning up the holes, I popped in