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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Finished left flap fitting: 4 hours


  • Enlarged flap actuator rod opening to final size
  • Enlarged clearance hole for flap mount
  • Once all interference was eliminated I finished trimming the flap upper skin to the fuselage
  • Started organizing for mounting the right flap
  • As suggested by a forum member I made a rubbing (?) of the left flap actuator openings, cut it out with my xacto knife and transferred it to the right side. That should help things go more quickly.

Rubbing of the vertical flap actuator opening:

Final flap trim in the up position:

Full down position (this will be reduced a bit in final rigging):

Looking at the horizontal opening from inside the fuselage: