Michael Smith - Experimental Aircraft Builder's Log

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Date: 6-20-2011
Number of Hours: 2.50
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Brief Description: RIGHT flap construction

- Set the rest of the ribs in place, pilot drilled, and then updrilled, on 2 of 3 faces. - Deburred and reassembled. - Flipped flap over, closed skin over ribs (photo #2), then pilot drilled and updrilled. - Once again used one of my metal straight edges for the hinge offset (I cleco'd the skin to the work table to hold it flat), per photo #3. - Once again used double-sided tape to hold the hing in place while drilling. Got about a dozen holes drilled to hold the hinge in place.

2 of 3 sides of all ribs updrilled

Getting ready to close the skin over the ribs, to drill into the ribs on their 3rd side

Hinge in place with offset, held in place with double sided tape for drilling

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