After learning to fly I've decided to build my own aircraft as my 'what next' challenge and have decided to construct the latest offering from Van's Aircraft based in the States - The RV-12 a rotax powered 2 seater made of aluminium let the fun begin... More images online at http://www.build12.co.uk
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Flaperon Actutation Brackets - Done
Took advantage of a called off IMC lesson today to work on the flaperon actuation brackets...... Or should I say make them from aluminum stock!
In total about four hours work to make both brackets and I’m as confident as I can be that I’ve done a decent job, all the measurements where checked and double check so they just need priming then I can fit them. Doing these was one of the jobs I feared as I heard lots of other builders having a few issues so I read up, read up some more and then proceeded with caution.
One tricky thing was drilling the hole in the bracket as it called for a 03/16 drill that I didn’t have or at least that’s what I thought, a quick trip to the local diy shop revealed a 03/16 drill is a No.8 or 5mm in new money which I already had so a couple of quid saved on this step.
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