After installing the flap braces this morning, I can't install the flaps until I install the ailerons. I took some time to study the plans and located the hardware required. I made the appropriate spacers for the inboard hinge and temporarily mounted both right and left ailerons. I then moved to the pushrod tubes, both the one from the cockpit and the one that comes from the bell crank on the the spar down to the aileron itself. I laid out the dimensions and cut them to size and trimmed and deburred as neccessary. I will try to prime them today sometime if the schedule and weather cooperate (supposed to snow today). I could have skipped the pushrods for now, but I need to research the flap mounting operation before I dive in. I may also jump onto the pitot tube install. I will be jumping around alittle as I start to try and finish up the wings. I will leave the fiberglass tips until later (likely when I am doing glass for the canopy or cowling).
Things to do off the top of my head: 1) Mount Flaps 2) Mount and plump Pitot 3) Run wire 4) Remove tanks and put some rivets I forgot that are in the spar flange to stabilize the rivets (not sure how I missed those, but that the nice thing about match drilled kits - there should be no open rivet holes or you aren't done! :)
Here's the pushrod tube drawings
Here's the raw materials you build them from. The small one is steel and it's actually powder coated.
Left aileron hung (bottom view). The right one is too, but not shown.
