{"id":3337,"date":"2015-06-21T19:04:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T18:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2015-06-24T20:41:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T19:41:41","slug":"flap-drive-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=3337","title":{"rendered":"Flap drive, day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been sick with a lung infection the last week, but I’m finally feeling better. So, got a bunch done today! \ud83d\ude42
\nI did finish the fuel lines last sunday though. Getting the fuel lines to cross behind the fuel valve, and to still have them look nice, took a while, but\u00a0I’m quite pleased with the results. \ud83d\ude42
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I decided to split the lines midway, as making these lines in one piece and get them in place would be more ore less impossible.
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So, today I started on the flap drive mechanism.
\nFirst I drilled the flap actuator weldment clevis holes to 1\/4″. I noticed that it have started to rust a little after having been stowed away for all these years. It’s the same deal with the rudder pedal weldments. I will have to sand these down later on, and apply epoxy primer and a new topcoat.
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Next project was the F-680 block. I marked the bolt hole locations…
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And drilled.
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Dow! After drilling the holes, I noticed that the block should have been trimmed in one end. Well, no harm done, the hole I drilled was still outside the trim line…
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\nFast forward a couple of hours, the block length trimmed, a new bolt hole drilled, and the block cut in half. Last thing to do, was to make a notch in the forward end, where the block overlaps the forward floor.
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Then I used the block as template to drill bolt holes in the floor.
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Also notched the F-748 channel cover.
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Now a lot of parts had to be manufactured. First the F-766C plate:
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\nThen matchdrilled to the F-766A channel:
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Then I made the F-766B angle..
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The F-767 plate is to be made of a piece of 2024-T3 .063″ plate, but I used this EF-604 plate, which comes with the electric flap kit, but is intended for the RV-6. The angle had to be adjusted a bit, but that was no big deal.
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The finished F-785 angle:
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And the F-766D bushing…
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The foot-angles for the F-766A channel were pre made though. Plug ‘n play! \ud83d\ude00
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Last thing I did today, was to drill the F-785B angle to the bottom of the F-785A backrest brace, and fitted and matchdrilled the whole thing to the fuselage.
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