Aileron covering finished!

We completed the fabric work on both ailerons (finishing up with the leading edge tapes).  Next up, we plan to start covering one of the wings.  We did some clean up work in the garage in preparation.  We will need to make a couple little jigs so that we can mount the wings on our rotisserie.  This will allow us to rotate the wings to make it much easier to cover the wings.  Hours: 5

Aileron covering completed!

Aileron tapes

We continued fabric work on the ailerons by applying adhesive and then installing the short chord-wise tapes (on both sides). We also installed the trailing edge tape, and then used the irons to make sure everything was smooth and all bubbles were ironed out. Lastly, we cut some long strips of fabric with pinking shears which will used to cover the leading edges of the ailerons.  We also drew a few pencil marks on the leading edge as a location guide for applying the glue.  Hours: 4

Aileron with chord-wise tapes and trailing edge tape installed

Aileron Fabric Covering

Work continues on the covering of the two ailerons.  We installed fabric rivets on both the top and bottom surfaces.  But before installing the rivets, with put reinforcing tape on the aileron rib caps and then burned the holes with a hot soldering iron.  Once the holes were cleared with installed the rivets.

As we did on the flaps we installed the reinforcing fabric "dollies" on the fabric plates.  There were a total of three on the bottom surface and one on the top top surface.  The same procedure was used on the aileron as was used on the flaps.

Finally, we added three coats of adhesive on the top and bottom surfaces where we plan to install fabric tapes over the the ribs/rivets.    Hours: 4