Today we worked on a couple of things. First, we worked on sealing and riveting the fuel tank today. Next, we started working on the ailerons. For the tank, it was deja vu. We sealed and riveted another couple of ribs. We've decided to time limit the tank sealing sessions because the smell is horrible. A few hours is enough with that smell. After that, we started working on the ailerons and it was nice to work on something completely new. The ailerons are a little different because they have a stainless steel tube that is used as a counter-balance. We match drilled the reinforcement plates to the aileron spars and then worked on drilling the counter-balance tubes to the ribs. After that, we cut all of the stiffners and prepped them. Our final step was to match drill the stiffners to the aileron skins.
The tank after a little more progress.
A shot of the tank from the "inside" view.
Time to change it up for a bit, a fresh start for the ailerons.
A shot of the ailerons with a few pieces cleco'd together.
Scott working on cleaning up a few pieces for the ailerons.
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