Started working on flaps5h
April 16, 2024
After going through my wing inventory, I realized that none of the flap parts are affected by LCP, so I started working on them.
See -- all parts are covered in blue plastic! No LCP parts!
The first half of the work was simply to remove the blue plastic from the parts and then deburr everything. The end result is this skeleton (I did both sides at the same time).
After that, I match-drilled the skins to the ribs and the spar. Everything except the holes that will hold the piano hinge.
Then I fabricated the F-706A angles. Relatively straightforward parts. As per tradition, I used my mill to lay out and drill the holes in them.
Reenactment of bending the doubler (since I forgot to take the photo of the actual process).
Finally, after drilling all the holes on the doubler and the angle, I upsized the hole for the rod end bearing.
A random bolt in the hole.