September 24, 2005

Aileron Stops




Priming of the empenage parts worked out pretty well. Found a fit problem with the fiberglass/rib on top of the rudder and formed up another rib and drilled and fitted it to make sure there is no interference with the rudder. Machined the stops for the ailerons and used my location jig (the angle pinned to the end wing rib) to drill the stops. Van's calls for the stops on the inboard aileron hinge bracket. I found the outboard hinge easier to set up on so I used that. I'll check with Van's to see if there is a big deal with doing that, but I doubt it. The ailerons are pretty stiff torsionally.