More wings work

It’s been a while since the last update, but we’ve been making some progress.

Doing the flap and aileron fairings mean Kelly is back helping with clecos.

I finished doing all the riveting on the gap fairings (except the ones on the inboard portion of the spar–they can’t be easily bucked, so I ordered some CherryMax rivets, which are in the mail.

Also, in the picture above, note the nutplates on the inboard edge of the skins aren’t in yet.  I realize now I missed installing them earlier, and those near the fairings will be difficult to squeeze.  At a minimum, it looks like the aftmost one will get a CherryMax rivet (Kelly calls them “cheater rivets”).

We also finished installing the aileron torque tubes and bellcranks.

Lastly, we riveted the pushrod ends.  From reading the Vansairforce forums, I was worried it’d be difficult to get the rivets in straight, but a C-frame and a hammer made it quick and easy.