Wings Move to the Airport

Wings Move to the Airport

Well, we had gotten a hangar at our local airport (I68, about 7 miles away), and since we were pretty much done with the work on them, we figured we reclaim the dining and living rooms by taking the wings to the airport. Fortunately our friends, and XL/RG builders, the Brainards live in nearby Lebanon and have […]

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Rudder Return Spring

Rudder Return Spring

Finally the rudder return springs were installed. These “center” the rudders once you release rudder pressure. The springs are mounted in 1″ cylinders about 18″ above the bottom of the rudder well. A 1″ hole is drilled in the winglet side, favoring the wing side, and is mounted in microballons. Next the anchor for the […]

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Rudder Hinge Installation

Rudder Hinge Installation

First the hinge locations needed to be established. The lower hinge is 6″ above the rudder opening, and the upper is 6″ below the top of the rudder well, with the remaining 4″ hinge spaced evenly between them. With the locations established, 3/16″ notches were Dremeled for each hinge and chamfered, and the winglet sides […]

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Bellcrank Installation

Bellcrank Installation

Next the bellcranks needed to be installed. These levers attach to the rudder cable and actuate the rudders. The standard installation is to mount these outboard of the winglet where they can be seen. This isn’t very pretty so we opted for the option internal bell cranks. First a notch is made in the rudder […]

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Attaching Hinge to Aileron

Attaching Hinge to Aileron

Once the aileron was fitted in the opening, the hinges were temporarily attached to the aileron by ‘5 minute’ epoxy. The epoxy was applied to the hinge, and the hinge had sponge rubber foam stuffed behind it, so that when the aileron was braced in place, the rubber pushed the hinge against the aileron while […]

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Installating Aileron Hinge

Installating Aileron Hinge

In this section, the first step is to locate and notch the hinge pockets, and remove 1/4″ from the wing trailing edge in order for the aileron counterweight to clear during it’s travel. The 8″ hinge is the most inboard, 5″ from the inboard end of the well, and the 2 6″ hinge are spaced […]

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