Aileron Skins Primed and Riveted & 3D Printed Parts

I spent some time last night printing the templates that Allan Glen used for his pitot tube installation. Luckily my 3D printer was spot on on the first go and it only took me 40 minutes to print both of these parts. I’ll drill the pitot tube soon but I wanted to focus on the ailerons as much as possible after this.

I got all of the skins prepped (taped off and cleaned) and then I primed them. I guess I’ve not been cleaning the gun very well because it was very slow to dispense paint. I found the filter inside the cup was loaded with old paint which I guess did not get cleaned out in my usual method of putting lacquer thinner and spraying that through the gun. I’ll do a better job going forward but at least it got the job done still.

I then spent the rest of the evening riveting on the stiffeners and ribs. I made one mistake an accidentally put the A portion of the ribs in the B ribs spot. I drilled that out (which luckily I hadn’t put the B ribs in on the other skin yet) and reset the ribs in the right spot.