8 Nov 2026 - 3 hours

I finally finished installing the ailerons on the wings. Getting the bell cranks and pushrods and spacers and washers all lined up and torqued was kind of a nightmare but it's done now. Here is the bell crank, push rod, and control rod. I also ordered the Garmin autopilot servo install bracket which replaces the powder-coated bracket on the bottom of the right wing with their longer gold anodized one.

Inboard end of the right aileron.

Outboard end of the right aileron.

Then I moved onto installing the flaps on the wings. There isn't much instruction on this, just a measurement of 1/4" between the flap and the aileron, and that the trailing edges should be even. I did my best to sort of hold the flap in place and then drill the first hole through the skin, flap brace, and hinge. I have already countersunk the flap brace which maybe made it a touch harder to get everything in position and drilled, but I got it done.

Here is the left flap hinge drilling in progress.

All the holes for the hinge have been drilled in this picture and the flap installed to check for positioning. The 1/4" gap between the flap and aileron came out perfectly. The trailing edges are misaligned by just less than 1/16" so I think that will work quite nicely!

I still need to do the other wing's flap but it should go quicker now that I've done this first one. I'm not quite sure how to trim the end of the hinge on the wing root so I will probably just leave that slightly long for now. I can always trim it later when I know more how it should fit with the fuselage. I also still need to remove some hinge eyelets in the middle of the flap so that I can do the split hinge method of securing the pins.