Postby David Jones » May 18th, 2015, 5:31 pm
I’d thought about how to hinge the ailerons. The plan shows an elaborate bottom hinge method, using a full length piano wire “hinge” through bushes in each rib. I didn’t fancy this approach, especially on such a large aileron, and I wasn’t sold on top hinging them which, I believe, is more true to scale. I decided to keep things simple and hinge the ailerons along the centre with five large Robart hinges that will locate into full depth hard balsa blocks in both the wing panel and aileron. This meant I had to make up new ribs for the ailerons, the ribs supplied with the kit being discarded.
The aileron bottom sheet supplied with the kit was used. The new ribs were glued in place against a 1/8” balsa false leading edge. The support blocks for the hinges and control horn were also added.
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