Aileron Actuation Complete!

As I was thinking through my mistake last night with one of the aileron torque tubes, I realized that the first hole that I drilled was the undersized #30. I still had to drill a #12 to get it to the size for an AN3 bolt to fit through it. That just gave me enough room to still get it to the right angle and drill the holes I needed. I used clamps to hold everything still and I drilled the hole slowly so that it wouldn’t offset. It drilled just right and my angle only ended up 1/32 off of what it was supposed to be. I’m getting more accurate but still not bang on. I need to figure out what tools or techniques I need to use to make this more accurate. It seems to be when I start drilling it moves things off just a slight amount. I guess I need to find a way of getting a super accurate punch to start my hole off so the bit doesn’t wander. Either way, with it only being 1/32 off in angle I feel that is within tolerance. I installed both of them and got the tubes adjusted so that the system was in the proper location across the board. It allows the ailerons to move to their full extent in both directions which is excellent! I wrapped up that portion and I’ll take tomorrow off so I can rest. I want to get the wing tips glued up before I head off to the AEA Experimental Wiring class in Kansas City this coming Tuesday night. I’ll be in the class from Wednesday to Friday and I hope to get back home by 10PM on Friday.

At my EAA chapter meeting today I was loaned a rotisserie for the fuselage. My first step once I get started on the fuselage is to mate the empennage with the fuselage. Once that is done I can get it on the rotisserie so I can work on the plane more easily.