The new year has arrived and my motto is "Finish this project", "Get'r done", or "Whatever it takes to start flying this beast"!
The first step is to rivet the last skin to each wing since all the wing wiring is complete. But before enclosing the wing, I have to rework my "aileron stops" and set my aileron pushrods in the neutral postion. I found a much simpler "aileron stop" method on the VAF forum. I just need to add an appropriate OD bushing to the bolt that holds the pushrod to the aileron. This bushing will "stop" on the hinge bracket to keep the aileron up angle deflection from exceeding 32 degrees. Simple and effective.
So I drilled out the rivets and removed the aileron stops, aluminum angles riveted to the hinge brackets per Van's plans. They were at different degrees deflection due to my error in measuring their positions when I riveted them on. If an adjustment needs to be made to the degrees deflection using the bushings, I'll just make new bushings (plus or minus the OD, as required) until I get what is needed for the correct deflection angle.
Of course, I need to fabricate a Delrin nylon bushing to fit over the aluminmun spacer bushing that goes on the attachment bolt. Easy enough to do and no fabricating new aluminun angles to attach with rivets. Plus the fact that the aileron won't have to be removed, just it's pushrod attach bolt.
Aluminum stop angle removed from the left inboard aileron hinge bracket. Filled holes with rivets.
Right aileron stop removed and holes filled with rivets.
Ready to install ailerons and adjust pushrods to nelutral.
