Aileron stiffeners installed

June 29, 2011 – I finished installing the rest of the aileron stiffeners before it got too hot today.

I made my own bending brake to close the bend on the ailerons. When I did my elevators, I had borrowed a bending tool, but I had since returned it and I didn’t really want to go back to Midlothian just to do these two bends. I made my tool out of 2x6s, and found that it took a lot more pressure to do the bends than I remembered having to do with the elevators.

I got out the spars to start on them. The spars have three closely-spaced holes on the bottom edge that identify the spars’ orientation. I marked the spars so that I’d know exactly how they’re positioned.

Time: 2:20

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