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Date:  9-15-2014
Number of Hours:  8.00
Manual Reference:  ch 16
Brief Description:  Aileron torque tube, pushrods and teflon

The day started out with another unpleasant surprise that the holes I drilled were still not giving me the geometry I needed for proper throw. GAH!!!! However I found that there was just enough side to side play in the holes I had ,to tighten everything up in the right spot. Thank God. No swiss cheese tubing for me thank you. After dry fitting and testing everything for throws and angles, I removed the hardware and cut out my Heat barrier sheets. This stuff is Stupid expensive so I used every square inch I had in order to finish up this wing and I had BARELY enough. I ordered some more for the other wing and it should be here Wed. or Thur. I'm very happy with how it turned out with the Red RTV. I basically copied what James Redmon did with his berkut. This method is MUCH MUCH better than the plans aluminum heat shield in my humble opinion.
After allowing the RTV some time to cure, I re-installed the control hardware with fresh nuts and bolts and torqued it all down. I'll be ecstatic if both ailerons have the same geometry both left and right as I've seen some Ez's with very poor roll rates due to sloppy setups and some that feel like fighters!
Next task before heading home was to add Teflon hinge pins to the other aileron and this wings rudder. All went very well until I came to the lower rudder hinge. The big 6" one. I remember when riveting this hinge that it was slightly bowed due to the rudder curveture and of course, the teflon wouldn't go in. I tried 3 in fact before giving up and deciding that the standard pin would have to do. I'll keep a close eye on it to make sure the pin stays in but with the bow, there shouldn't be an issue. It will keep pressure on the pin at all times. See ya back here on Wednesday!
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Dry fitting the controls

Dry fitting the controls

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Making Heat shields

Making Heat shields

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Looking awesome

Looking awesome

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