12/09/2009 Ailerons - 3 hours Last night I was solo. I borrowed Vern's bending brake so that I could bend the trailing edges of my main aileron skins. This picture shows one skin un-bent sitting in the bending brake, and the other skin already bent.
With the skins bent, I started assembling and match drilling everything. Surprising (to me, at least), was how easy the counterweight drilled. It is a steel tube that runs on the inside of the leading edge.
To end the night, I disassembled the aft part of the ailerons so that I can drill the remaining holes in the counterweight.
