Well the starboard aileron is now pretty much complete. Just got to add the counterweight and it's done. The factory were very kind to send me a replacement bell crank bearing free of charge - thanks Matthias!
Quite a time consuming task fitting the control surface and getting it to have the right deflections without snagging on anything. Got there in the end.
The counterweight hole had to be made quite a bit bigger but the pushrod hole and aileron root end just needed fine tuning.
After that it was back to the root rib to reinforce with carbon strips. Worked out easy this time now that the edges of the rib were smooth with a little ridge of micro on the top.
It will be time to switch back to the Port wing very soon and get that up to speed.
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| Fully deflected down - 90mm (wing is upside down) |
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| Fully deflected up - 100mm |
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| Inside wing view of the bell crank and pushrod. |
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| Micro ridges added to the edge where the carbon reinforcing is to go. |
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| Carbon in place - went on quite easy with the ridges. |
Nice work buddy....KP
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