Today I’m revisiting the flap hinges and luckily my buddy Garet was able to provide me with a great solution, which is to use a wider hinge. He too experienced flap hinge edge distance issues when building his RV-7A wings. The hinge provided by Oregon Aero (and called for in the plans) is the MS20257-3 […]
Flap assembly – Pt. 2 – Inboard Ribs
Before I get too carried away on the inboard rib, the first thing I did was just double check my measurements. As the rib is angled, this measurement needed to be exact. The width of the flap is 58 3/4 inch. This is measured from the outboard end of the flap inboard, because it’s the […]
Aileron assembly – Pt. 4 – Riveting
An exciting day today as I’m finally able to start riveting the ailerons together! I started with the spar, and getting the end doubler plate and nutplate riveted. Next I started to assemble the leading edge assembly, and this is done by first getting the leading edge end ribs fastened to the balance weight pipe. […]
Aileron assembly – Pt. 3 – Lightening holes
Now that the aileron assembly is pretty much put together, I now need to focus on the aileron spars which still have a bit of work outstanding. What I need to do now is to dimple the spar caps, and also to cut out the lightening holes that run the length of the spar. I […]