Van's RV-9A in Aurora

The Big Picture

The Big Picture
Flying! 8/28/2011

Sunday, May 24, 2009

4 hrs
Proseal flap trailing edges and cleco to table.


Applied more proseal to BNC connector on left tank. Hopefully this does the job.
Installed tank cover with the screws.

Started on aileron bell cranks.
Fabricated needed spacers. This took a while, since I kept cutting them too short. And it's really hard to get the 3/8" spacer good and square.



Also reamed the left bellcrank brass pivot to 1/4". The way that worked was clamping the pivot in the drill press jaws, and then holding a 1/4" drill bit with vise grips. Then turned the drill bit by hand very slowly. Once it's seated properly, it makes a nice ribbon of brass as it works on through.

Discovered that the top aileron bracket has to be removed in order to get the pivot bolt into it. But I can't quite reach, since the holes in the ribs and spars are too small. Never mind, there are nutplates on the other side. Duh!