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Sun, 09 Dec 2007

Section 23: Aileron Actuation (10 hours)

Cut all the tubes and primed them inside and out.

At first, i could not find the steel aileron collar tubes. I thought i was missing them and even asked for it to be resent by Van's. However, i was looking for a powder coated part, when in fact, it's raw steel. It was actually used as a hinge holder when shipped, which made me think it was just scrap and not a real part. Also, it was not even labelled.

Priming the torque collars was best done by pouring some primer into a ziploc freezer bag, then dunking the tube into the bag.

I screwed up the aileron control tubes. Instead of measuring for 21 11/32, I measured them to 21 11/16, accidentally. Crap. Screwed - need to redo it later. For now, I cut these down to the right size and just temporarily fit the fittings on for now.

A GREAT tip for fitting the fittings onto the ends, is to use a heat gun to heat up the tube to expand the metal. Makes inserting fittings into the ends, even with primer, easy.

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