Thanksgiving break progress

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.

Vinyl removed from right side aileron skin rivet lines

Stiffeners match drilled

Nose ribs deburred

Holes in nose ribs back drilled through skin

#30 holes drilled through skin into counterbalance pipe

Stiffeners back riveted to skin

Skin in bending brake prior to bend

Bend nearly finished

Skeleton placed in skin after bend was complete - nice!

Complete aileron assembled and match drilled

Both ailerons ready to be dimpled, primed, and riveted

Begin left aileron construction

Work on the wings has been progressing nicely, albeit slower than I would like.  I decided to start on the left aileron, which uses techniques learned while building the elevators, as I can work on it at the same time as the wings. 

I started by trimming the stiffeners for both of the ailerons, removing the vinyl from the rivet lines of the left aileron skin, and match drilling the stiffeners in place.  Once that was completed, I deburred the end and nose ribs, and ran the stiffeners through the Scotchbrite wheel  to clean up the edges.  The left side spar was then deburred, and the nose and side ribs attached and match drilled.  With the majority of the skeleton assembled, the nose skin was attached to the spar and match drilled in place.  All components were then disassembled and holes deburred.  The skin and stiffeners for the left aileron were dimpled, primed and then back riveted together.  It's nice to see a control surface coming together quickly. 

Left and right side aileron stiffeners cut

Stiffeners match drilled to skin

Nose ribs, end ribs, and stiffeners deburred

Left aileron skeleton assembled without counterbalance pipe

Nose skin attached and match drilled to spar and nose ribs

Reinforcement plates attached to spar and back drilled

Left aileron skin dimpled

Ready for primer

Stiffeners primed

Skin and stiffeners back riveted together