With a couple of extra days off from work for Thanksgiving, it was a perfect opportunity to make some good progress on the left and right ailerons. I started by working on the right aileron, getting it caught up to the same point as the left. The process moves more quickly the second time around, which is always a nice feeling.
Once the stiffeners were back riveted to the skin and the skeleton prepped, I was able to bend both the left and the right aileron skins with my bending brake. The skeleton was then placed in the bent skin, and the holes in the side ribs and the aileron skin were match drilled. The #30 holes were drilled through the nose skin into the counterbalance pipe, and all remaining holes were match drilled. Both ailerons are now ready to be deburred, dimpled, and primed in preparation for final riveting.
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| Vinyl removed from right side aileron skin rivet lines |
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| Stiffeners match drilled |
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| Nose ribs deburred |
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| Holes in nose ribs back drilled through skin |
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| #30 holes drilled through skin into counterbalance pipe |
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| Stiffeners back riveted to skin |
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| Skin in bending brake prior to bend |
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| Bend nearly finished |
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| Skeleton placed in skin after bend was complete - nice! |
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| Complete aileron assembled and match drilled |
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| Both ailerons ready to be dimpled, primed, and riveted |
