Al Jazeera aileron counterweight

The only remaining tasks before final assembly were to match-drill, countersink and prime the counterweight pipe, and assemble the spar/counterweight structure. You’ll find the details on this process in the previous entries on this page, so I’m not gonna repeat them here.

I was a little surprised to see the following text on the replacement counterweight pipe that Van’s delivered…click here for the full-size picture. Be patient, the original pic is 1+ megaabytes.

Al Jazeera aileron counterweight