June 5th, 8th & 9th  13h

We moved on with the preparation of the ailerons, with the aim to get the ailerons riveted and finished:

• Drilled the leading edge skin to the aft skin, the spar, the leading edge ribs, the main ribs and the counterbalance.
• Deburred the leading edge skin, the spar, the leading edge ribs, the main ribs and the counterbalance.
• Dimpled the leading edge skin, the spar, the leading edge ribs and the main ribs
• countersink the counterbalance.
• Primed the leading edge, the main rib, the leading edge ribs and counterbalance.

All the work went on smoothly. Then it was time to start riveting the ailerons:

• Riveting the leading edge rib to the counter balance: this had a little bit of tricky access requiring bending the tab of the leading edge rib, but it went on smoothly.
• Riveting the leading edge rib to the spar.
• Riveting the top leading edge skin to the spar and the aft skin. Access here was a bit hard, but we made it work with 2 people.
• Riveting the the main bibs to the aft skin and spar.

It is exciting to see the ailerons come together pretty quickly.  A little bit more riveting is remaining, and then the ailerons would be done and ready to attach to the wings.