{"id":1368,"date":"2009-01-21T23:04:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T22:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2009-01-21T23:04:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T22:04:29","slug":"finished-building-flaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=1368","title":{"rendered":"Finished building flaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Great day today in many ways. I passed a technical exam today at work, now I am a certified technician on the Fouga Magister Jet Trainer. Yay!! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After I came home I finished the left flap and installed it. It went so fast I forgot to take photos, but here it is installed:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1384\" title=\"flaps-050-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-050-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-050-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After that I began building the right flap. (..and remembered to take plenty of photos) Here it is clecoed together and ready to rivet.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1369\" title=\"flaps-035-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-035-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-035-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After riveting the skin joint and the upper rib flanges, I removed it to rivet the bottom flanges.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1370\" title=\"flaps-036-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-036-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-036-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All ribs riveted&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1371\" title=\"flaps-037-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-037-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-037-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1372\" title=\"flaps-038-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-038-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-038-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1373\" title=\"flaps-039-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-039-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-039-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now it&#8217;s ready for the spar&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1374\" title=\"flaps-040-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-040-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-040-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1375\" title=\"flaps-041-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-041-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-041-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First I pop-rivet the ribs to the spar. It&#8217;s a little easier to get access to the upper ones before you rivet the flanges.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1376\" title=\"flaps-042-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-042-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-042-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The plans call out for poprivets in the outer rib too, but I prefer solid rivets.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1377\" title=\"flaps-043-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-043-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-043-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"flaps-044-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-044-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-044-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then I clecoed on the hinge and riveted it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379\" title=\"flaps-045-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-045-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-045-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1380\" title=\"flaps-046-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-046-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-046-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Also squeezed the rivets in the flap control arm bracket.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1381\" title=\"flaps-047-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-047-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-047-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Before clecoing the last spar flange, I checked the flap for twist by laying it on my workbench. It was nice and straight.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1382\" title=\"flaps-048-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-048-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-048-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The right flap finished!! Only need to install the other hinge half onto the wing and I&#8217;m ready to start on the fuselage!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1383\" title=\"flaps-049-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/flaps-049-400x.jpg\" alt=\"flaps-049-400x\" 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-1368 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='1368' 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-1368 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-1368 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great day today in many ways. I passed a technical exam today at work, now I am a certified technician on the Fouga Magister Jet Trainer. Yay!! \ud83d\ude00 After I came home I finished the left flap and installed it. It went so fast I forgot to take photos, but here it is installed: After [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flaps","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}