In preparation for the day I have to choose an engine I’ve started a page for engine comparisons. You can find it over there on the right. No the right in this direction ~~~~~~~~~~> !
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Day 29: More Flaperons (2hr 20m)
Teri wasn’t available to help me fold over the skin on the right-side outboard flaperon right away so I started on the left-side inboard flaperon which was yet to have the spar attached to the skin. I got as far drilling out the holes in the underside of the skin lining up with the...
Day 28: Two more flaperons on the go (2h 10m)
I’ve used the “how to” DVDs that are for sale online quite a bit but that usually entails watching it in the house, then running outside to check on something, rinse and repeat. So I bought a portable DVD player from CostCo that I can put in the garage so I can watch as...
Day 27b: Problems with the pax-side flaperon
When I was installing the L-angle onto the back of the control horn I thought it odd that there was such an overlap above the control horn. I didn’t spend much time thinking about it other than I’d have to file it down later. It is even easier to see here. But what becomes...
Day 27: Pilot side outboard flaperon (1hr 35m)
Like many other days this one started out with deburring and priming the flaperon skin, spar and ribs. While the primer was drying I revisited the remaining 4 hinge brackets that were yet to have a corner removed. Now that I had a vise this was quite a bit easier to do with the...
Day 26: Passenger side inboard flaperon (3 hr)
The flaperon skin gets riveted to the spar by cleco-ing both sides of the skin to the spar and ribs, riveting the top side of the skin and then bending over the nose skin to form the flaperon edge. Well, sounds easy! With the clecos in place, the top skin is easy to rivet....
Day 25: Flaperon Control Horn and Skin Preparation (1h 30m)
The back of the control horn is strengthened by attaching a strip of L-angle to the horn and spar. The location of the holes were determined by placing it under the skin and drilling through the skin holes, then moving the L-angle on top of the skin (where it will eventually be attached) and...
Day 24: Flaperon Root Rib and Full Rib (2hr 15m)
Each end of a flaperon gets a root rib, a full rib or a tip. A full rib is placed on the each of the “internal” ends, where the inboard and outboard flaperons join. The root rib gets attached to the fuselage end on an inboard rib, and the tip goes on the outboard...