With the Ailerons finished, I can now start with attaching, fitting and adjusting them to the wings. If you carefully place them in the outboard “bay” of the wing, it stays there, so you can attach them with the bolts. You have to make spacers from Aluminum tubes provided in […]
Riveting the leading and trailing edge skins to the Aileron spar is not easy. Probably the best way is a custom (formed) bucking bar, which I don’t have. I only have the tungsten bucking bar, which is really great, but lacks the ability to reach narrow places. I could reach […]
Last week I primed all the Aileron parts (on the inside) and wasn’t able to spend more time on them. Now I can start assembling the Ailerons. First step is riveting the stiffeners to the skins. This needs to be done before bending, or else there is no room for […]
I underestimated the amount of work with respect to deburring, scuffing, dimpling, countersinking, degreasing and priming. I thought I could do all this in one straight session. Especially priming is something I need to plan, because after that I can’t use the workshop for a few days (insufficient ventilation). It […]
With the Aileron Stiffeners trimmed in the previous session, we started clecoing them to the Aileron skins. I marked them prior to attaching them to the Aileron, but I found that is actually a stupid method. During drilling I found that there is one hole extra in the bottom side […]
Prior starting to the Ailerons, we finished some last details on the wings. My dad checked all bolts one more time and sealed them with Torque Seal. That is NOT Lock Tite ore something similar, but just to “mark” the bolt as being Torqued (and not loosened again). Next task […]
With the top skin riveted to the right wing, I started attaching the Aileron brackets, the aileron fairing and the flap brace. I also worked on the push rods. Scuffing the 167 cm Aluminum push rods with Scotch Brite pad results in beautiful push rods and great hands. I love […]
One of the build options is adding an auto pilot in the Van’s RV-7. I’m not sure if I’m going to buy that option, however some builders explained to me that wether or not you’re going to install an auto pilot, it is a good idea to install the Roll […]