{"id":1233,"date":"2009-01-02T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2009-01-06T21:32:33","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T20:32:33","slug":"finished-left-aileron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=1233","title":{"rendered":"Finished left aileron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy newyear everyone!!<br \/>\nI started off the new year nice and easy today, managed to finish of the left aileron.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First I assemblied the main aileron control rods. I picked them up from work the other day, where they had been drying of after priming.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1234\" title=\"ailerons-064-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-064-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-064-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1235\" title=\"ailerons-065-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-065-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-065-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then I began the final assembly of the left aileron. First thing was to rivet the nose ribs to the counterbalance weight tube. I used Cherry rivets here, which are special aviation blind rivets.\u00a0I borrowed a nice offset pn\u00e9umatic puller for these from work, so I didn&#8217;t have to bend the tabs to gain access.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1236\" title=\"ailerons-066-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-066-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-066-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1237\" title=\"ailerons-067-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-067-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-067-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1238\" title=\"ailerons-068-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-068-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-068-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then I put the spar in place and riveted it to the nose ribs.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1240\" title=\"ailerons-070-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-070-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-070-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1241\" title=\"ailerons-071-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-071-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-071-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After that I\u00a0fastened the assembly to the holding blocks I made, and clecoed the aft skin to the leading edge\/spar assembly.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1242\" title=\"ailerons-072-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-072-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-072-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">..almost done riveting the upper spar flange!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1243\" title=\"ailerons-073-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-073-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-073-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A look inside. My tungsten bucking bar worked very well for this.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1244\" title=\"ailerons-074-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-074-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-074-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1245\" title=\"ailerons-075-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-075-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-075-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1257\" title=\"ailerons-076-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-076-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-076-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After riveting the upper flange, I removed the aileron from the holding blocks and put it on the table..<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1247\" title=\"ailerons-077-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-077-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-077-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now I could install the aft end-ribs.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1248\" title=\"ailerons-078-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-078-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-078-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1249\" title=\"ailerons-079-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-079-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-079-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First I riveted the nose rib upper flanges&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1250\" title=\"ailerons-080-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-080-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-080-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">..then the aft rib upper flanges. I borrowed a &#8216;close-quarter&#8217; hand squeezer from work to set the aft rivets.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1251\" title=\"ailerons-081-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-081-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-081-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The top side of the left aileron done!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1252\" title=\"ailerons-082-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-082-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-082-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After flipping the aileron over, I finished riveting the end ribs.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1253\" title=\"ailerons-083-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-083-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-083-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1254\" title=\"ailerons-084-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-084-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-084-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At last, I popriveted the lower flange&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1255\" title=\"ailerons-085-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-085-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-085-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ailerons done!!!\u00a0 &#8230;well, still need to bolt on the attachment brackets.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1256\" title=\"ailerons-086-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/ailerons-086-400x.jpg\" alt=\"ailerons-086-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style3 like-1233 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='1233' data-nonce='7a0d6dd598' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-1233 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-1233 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy newyear everyone!! I started off the new year nice and easy today, managed to finish of the left aileron. First I assemblied the main aileron control rods. I picked them up from work the other day, where they had been drying of after priming. Then I began the final assembly of the left aileron. 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