So I riveted the leading edge while the Aileron was braced and flat on the table. However, when I put it on the wing, I was disappointed to see there was about a 3-4mm deflection.
I went ahead and drilled out the rivets and reached out to Jean if he had any tips. Of course he did! He suggested doing one rivet at a time, starting in the center of the Aileron. With 1 rivet done in the center, I was still able to adjust for any twisting, but it was a bit more difficult to move. I then reamed the holes to the left and right of the center rivet and riveted those holes. I checked alignment again and it was still spot on. I continued the process of reaming out and riveting from the center and the Aileron stayed aligned! Once that was done, I fit it to the wing and ran into the issue of the outer rivets rubbing against the wing bracket. Jean said that sometimes the wing brackets are a bit under bent. The real fix is to bend the wing bracket inward. However, after a few hard pushes, there wasn't anyway I was going to be able to budge that thing. So, I settled on adding 2 regular sized washers in between the aileron and wing bracket to allow for adequate spacing. Now it moves quite well! I measured the aileron movement and it looks like I have approximately 26 degrees deflection in either direction.
Matt jakus
10/23/2020 05:02:53 pm
Must be something with the left wing jig at TAF .. i had to put to washers for the aileron to clear as well Comments are closed.
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