With the with flaps done, I dusted off all those left aileron parts and jumped back into finishing it up. First order of business was to do the final bend on the trailing edge. I used the bending brake I had made previously, but wasn’t getting that nice 3\/16″ radius called for in the plans.<\/p>\n
So I started experimenting with my hand seamer (no jokes, please). Some other builders have used them to do the final trailing edge bend, but I was wary about the seamer edges putting crimps in the aileron skin. So I hit on the idea of taping strips of 0.025″ alclad to the seamer’s jaws to distributed the seamer’s clamping force a little more evenly.<\/p>\n
That worked like a champ, and with the dowels still taped in place, I was able to get the bend radius right where I wanted it.<\/p>\n With the with flaps done, I dusted off all those left aileron parts and jumped back into finishing it up. First order of business was to do the final bend on the trailing edge. I used the bending brake I … Continue reading ![\"Modified](\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ail_lf_bend_1.jpg\" "\\"ail_lf_bend_1\\"")
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