Ailerons – Part 3

Had another marginal weather day that allowed me to prime a handful of parts. With the Fuselage delivery date just a few days away, I stole a little time in the garage after work to get just a little more progress.

I rivet the hinge bracket to the rib and begin to dimple the skins. With that completed, I being to lay out the stiffeners and start to back rivet everything in place. Before I start to rivet the top skin, I go to attach the bottom skin to the spar and realize that this skin is really the right aileron vs the left.

Totally my fault as I was having difficulty “seeing” everything as it went together. Possibly because I had the fuselage on my brain, but with the parts in front of me starting to go together things are making a lot more sense. (When unsure stop and figure it out!)

No big deal, but it also showed that I counter sunk the wrong side of the right hings brackets. Quick call for replacement parts and I’m in another holding pattern. Luckily nothing incorrect was riveted together so I’m still in good shape.

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