Week 9 - Flaps and Elevators

I've decided to title each work post from now on with the week since starting and also include the total hours to date each time in the post.


Hopefully this will make it easier for anyone coming across the blog later on to see what can be done in the number of hours.


Total hours to date: 104.25


Last week I bonded in the outer rib for the outer flap hinge pin. Flocked and reinforced with glass tape.


Also flocked and reinforced the flap support ribs in the wings (at the right angle now - in this case the right angle also happens to be a right angle!).


I spent much time getting the elevators to have 30 degrees (plus) of travel. A lot of filing and checking here. The carbon support ribs in the tailplane need to be profiled down on the edges to allow this. I didn't take a photo of this but will post next time.


This is about all I can do on the tailplanes until I get the fuselage back in the garage as the next steps involve mating up to the elevator control and setting the position of the control surfaces.


Plenty still to do on the wings though.

Flap outer hinge pins bonded and edges radiused with flock

And glass reinforced with 25mm tape.

Flap support ribs in wings reinforced with 25mm tape.

Elevator support ribs in tailplane - reinforced.