Aileron Wood Preperation

The wood ribs of the two Ailerons were coated with SuperFlite Epoxy Varnish.  Two coats were applied to all exposed wood surfaces.  Hours: 2.5

Fabric backing plates

Construction of the aileron fabric backing plates was completed.  Some minor trimming will still be required on two of them to match them up with the edge of the ailerons.  The fabric backing plates were drilled and temporarily installed (with Clecos) to the ailerons.  Hours: 1.5

Aluminum fabric backing plate temporarily installed

More Aileron Pre-Fabric Work

Two more Fabric backer plates were fabricated.  These two go near the aileron control horn.
Hours:1

Two Aileron Fabric Backer plates

Aileron Pre-Fabric Work

Today Ed and I decided to tackle different parts of the pre-fabric work on the ailerons.  Ed located and drilled the holes for the fabric rivets on the ailerons.

Holes drilled in Rib capstrips on the Ailerons

I worked on the fabric backer plates.  Four backer plates were marked, drilled and cut to match the templates in the manual for the aileron hinges. Hours: 2.5

Four Aileron Hinge Fabric Backer Plates

Flap and Aileron: more filler work

Applied more lightweight filler on the flaps and ailerons, then sanded it down to smooth out the transitions as well as to fill in some defects (voids) that were in the fiberglass leading edge pieces.  We finished this filler work on all 4 pieces (2 flaps and 2 ailerons).  Hours: 5

Filler (bluish-green ares) applied

After sanding: nice transitions between ribs and the edges

PFD (Plane Fun Days) Fly-In in Brasstown

This past weekend, we visited our friends in Brasstown, NC for their annual Just Aircraft Fly-in.  Saw a lot of great planes (Highlanders and Superstols) and got the chance to take a ride, too, during one of the games.  Got the chance to see the balloon pop contest, and the limbo contest.  More events were held the next day (Sunday), but we headed back to Raleigh Sunday morning so missed out on those.  At night, they even had some catered BBQ and a band for entertainment.  Big thanks to Billy and all the rest that helped put on this event!

Plane Fun Days Fly-in @ Brasstown, NC

Michael (in right seat) returning from a flight

Flying under the ribbon for the Limbo contest

Ed (in right seat) after Balloon Popping Event