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Jim's Web Site
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Date: 6-15-2014
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Number of Hours: 2.50
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Manual Reference:
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Brief Description:
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I thought again about the aileron travel, and decided to do my best to achieve the desired travel. The main culprits were a couple of bolts that were a bit too long, and some unevenness in the lead toward the outboard end. I sanded all these things down, and got right at 13 degrees down. The 20 degrees up figure was not a problem. The next thing to do was to flip the wing over, and check the travel in the upside down position, and check to make sure that the gaps looked ok from the bottom. Well, downward travel in this configuration was not 13 degrees. I attribute this to the fact that the wing does flex, and as I was checking the travel, I had the wing supported at the ends, not in the middle. I think that what I'll really have to do is wait till the wings are mounted on the fuselage, then do what is necesssary to get the travel and balance dialed in.
After that, I placed some light glass cloth on the ends of the flap and wing tip, per the manual.
The rest of the time today I spent continuing to clean up the shop, and getting ready to store the finished left wing. It's amazing how cluttered and inefficient the shop can get after two years of work. These things accumulate one bit at a time, but do mount up. I'm determined to start the right wing with as little clutter as possible.
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Aileron wing tip gaps from below
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Aileron to flap gap from below
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End of flap, with glass cloth applied
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