Progress has been really slow recently. I’ve had only a little time for building. After deciding to get over the minor (less than 1/32″) offset in the rear spar channels, I match-drilled and cleco the rear spar.

Following that, I clecoed and match-drilled the HS-412 and HS-413 brackets. As you can see from the dental floss I strung through the hinge line, the prepunched parts lined up pretty well.

Then I clamped the HS-411 bearing brackets around the VA-146 bearing, clecoed the whole assembly to the spar, and match-drilled the bearing rivet holes. A #40 punch helped align and center the -146 holes with the predrilled HS-411.