Everything in the wing kit feels like deja vu.  You do it once and then turn around and do the same thing again for the other side.  I need to move on to the fuselage kit.  Anyway, my goal for today was to get all the drilling, deburring, dimpling, and priming done for the right aileron so that I could rivet it together tomorrow.

I will be brief on the right aileron as the ailerons are pretty basic structures to assemble.

Mounting and drilling the counterweight balance.  I started by drilling out everything along the leading edge to size #40.

Clecoed and drilled the nose rib holes out to final size.

Went back and drilled all the leading edge holes out to #30.

Just me dorking around with the camera again.

Next, I went back and bent the aileron using the brake I put together for the empennage kit.  I have yet to like this as a method bend skins to their final radius.

The makeshift brake did the job, but I can't wait to disassemble this thing when I get done.

I didn't show this on the left aileron, but this is how you drill the aft hole in the nose rib to counterbalance weight (water pipe).  I just drilled it out to a #40 and then drilled out the counterbalance weight to #30 after I had disassembled everything.  You could, however, drill it out to a #30 just like I show it here.  Those two holes line up perfectly.  Sometimes, Van's surprises me with the thought they give this (or maybe it was just coincidence they lined up).

Piece of cake.

After about 6 hours of really solid drilling, deburring, and dimpling I set up to prime the parts so that the epoxy primer could dry / cure overnight.  The epoxy primer is usually dry to the touch in about 30 minutes to an hour, but it seems rather "soft" for several hours.  It doesn't scratch or flake if I let it sit for at least a couple of hours.

I made my goal for today.  The right aileron is ready to assemble tomorrow and I am TIRED!!!!  I think I will call it a night.