Flap and aileron parts primed
This weekend, I completed priming all of the flap and aileron parts via the familiar process of clean, acid etch, alodine, and prime. Then I was able to start assembly. I got one of the ailerons riveted together except for the trailing edge. The plans call for -3.5 rivets on the spar. I chose to use -4 rivets. There are a lot of parts that make up both flaps and ailerons. Now they just have to be riveted together.
I used a combination of a 1×4 and a 2×2 with my 25lb. bags of lead shot to weight down the ailerons at various stages of the process. One of the tricks that are usually learned too late is how to set some of the solid rivets at the very narrow end of control surfaces. The trick is finding a very strong and narrow tool that you can bang on with the flat set on top of the back rivet plate. I have found that either a masonry chisel or a nail puller (pictured) work very well.
