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...
The instructions suggest using a band saw to cut the corners from the brackets but I didn’t have one available so I borrowed a hacksaw from my brother in law. I set to the first bracket and immediately found a problem – with no vise I have no way to keep the piece steady...
Each nose rib has a hinge bracket attached which is made out of the small l-angles that had holes previously marked and drilled. The bracket attaches to both the spar and the nose rib so to find the correct position, each bracket was alinged with the top of the spar and clamped into place...
At the end of the previous day I had been concerned that the “natural fit” of the ribs to the spars did not mesh with the statement in the photo manual of how the flanges should face. So, I started the day with an examination of this and could not work out why some...
We started off our Flaperons build with removing the component parts from the crate and moving them to the garage. They posed for a picture. As with the slats, the flaperons come in four pieces, two per side. Identifying which skin is which, and which spars go with which skin, looked a bit complicated...