More work on leading edge for right aileron & flap

We continued working on the leading edge for the right aileron and flap (similar to what we've already done on the the same parts for the left side).  We filed a few false ribs so that they would fit around the hinges and bell-crank, prepped the fiberglass surface for gluing, and then epoxied 14 false ribs into the leading edge of the right aileron.  After the epoxy had set for about an hour, we smoothed the glue fillets.  We also prepped the right flap for the same procedure, but will epoxy the false ribs into that flap another day.  Hours: 2.5

Right Aileron and Flap False Rib Locations

We marked the location of the false ribs, first on the right flap and then on the right aileron.  This went a lot quick since we had the locations with dimensions written down from the left flap and aileron. Hours: 1.0

Ed Marking Location of Aileron False Ribs

Right aileron and flaps (leading edge) Continued

Ed and I did the final fitting of last leading edge fiberglass piece.  A little sanding here and a little sanding there.  Hours: 1

Right aileron and flaps (leading edge)

After a brief hiatus for summer vacations, plus trying to get other stuff done around the house, we finally got back to working on the ailerons and flaps.  Previously, we had worked on the fiberglass leading edge for the left-side aileron and flaps.  Now we shifted to the same tasks, but on the right-side aileron and flaps.

This is messy work because we are carefully cutting, trimming, and sanding fiberglass.  The picture shows Michael test-fitting the fiberglass leading edge piece onto the aileron, and you can see that gloves and a breathing filter are needed to keep all the fine fiberglass dust from becoming an irritant.   The trimming and fitting takes a bit of time because we have to be careful so that it fits nicely at each rib, and don't want to mess up and trim off too much.  Hours: 2.5

Michael test fitting the fiberglass leading edge onto the aileron