Finishing Aileron; Wing Step Skin Try 2
I had a heck of a time getting the aileron to line up properly with the trailing edge of the wing and the flap. I wound up using a technique that involved putting some tape on the skin overlap, twisting the aileron by hand while on the wing, taking the aileron back off, then setting rivets. I had to use a reamer to open up some of the holes so that I could set the rivets with the aileron twisted to match the wing. It was very much a trial-and-error process, since I couldn’t find a way to set alignment once and then rivet the skin.





Next, I wanted to install the wing step skin so that I could call this wing finished for now. TAF sent me a replacement skin along with the fuselage kit that I received recently. This skin doesn’t seem to fit either; just like in my earlier post, the holes on the flange don’t line up with the holes on the ribs or lower skin, so I can’t get clecos in.
I decided to try drilling the holes, and as I expected, I ended up having what looks like slots. I am considering just going with this skin as-is; I don’t think this section of skin sees much tensile or sheer loads, but I’m checking with the TAF tech support team to see what they say.


This week I am going to build an EAA wing rack; I need to get this wing off my work tables and off to the side so that I can build the other wing, and then begin the fuselage.