Aileron Leading Edge January 19th, 2009
Back to the Ailerons for a while… I have been working on the leading edges this time. The leading edge of the aileron goes somewhat into the wing, and has a counterbalance weight to make up for the weight of the aileron itself (picture it trailing the structure in the photo below)
The counterbalance is a steel water pipe! It fits right into the tip of the leading edge, and is held to the leading edge with a row of pull-rivets. It is also attached to the little side ribs with a single rivet. To drill this hole, the plans have a note about using a long drill to go through one of the holes in the spar right into this hole. I did not catch this, and just used my WWII-vintage 90 degree drill.. 🙂
Finally, here is me drilling the leading edge and water pipe
