Edge prepped, scuffed, and dimpled remaining flap fairing and fuselage match holes.
Trimmed forward and aft wing root fairings to 3/16″ gap.
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Flap fairings: 2.2 hours
Spent most of the day rechecking and measuring. aileron and flap rigging. Won’t know how accurate I am until it flies.
So I went ahead and started hand forming flap fairings to to contour fuselage.
Wing root fairings: 2.7 hours
Trimmed, edge prepped, bend, and match drilled right forward fuel tank root fairing.
Wing root fairings: 4.5 hours
Drilled aft fairing forward edge to spar flanges. Trimmed, edge prepped, and match drilled right wing root fairing to fuel tank flange.
Started out with 1 5/8″ OD conduit to make leading edge bend then reduced to 1 1/4″ to tighten up properly.
Vent lines & wing root fairings: 4.6 hours
Finished fabricating tank to fuselage vent lines. That’s the last of them. I’ve made several over the past two years, glad to say I’m finished.
Filed aft wing fairings to fit and joggled forward edge to overlap skin.
Flaps: 2.5 hours
Relieved right center fuselage side skin for proper pushrod clearance. I made a template of the left side and transferred to the right to save time. Edge prepped holes and floor rib flanges. Installed pushrods and ops checked.
Fabricated template for aft floor pushrod exit holes.
Left Flap: 2.8 hours
Enlarged center section skin to accommodate left flap pushrod. Lots of trimming, install, trim some more. I added one washer as per plans to increase distance between rod and side skin.
