Wing Kit

Drilling, Deburring And Dimpling The Right Flap

 

11/24/05, 4 hrs

 

I was pretty much terrible at taking photos on the right flap.  There were really no new challenges with the right flap over the left flap with one exception (self-induced).  I Sharpie mark all the holes after I drill them so that I know I drilled it to size.  I have had a couple of cases where I go to put dimple die in the hole and it doesn't fit.....  Ooops, missed match drilling the hole.

Just a nother shot.  Now for the self induced problem.  After drilling and deburring everything, I figured that I would dimple everything so that I would be ready to prime the flap parts.  I dimpled the flap spar, moved on and finished the rest of the flap parts.  While I was working on those "other flap parts", I realized I had made a big mistake.  I dimpled both the top and the bottom of the flap spar.  THAT IS A NO-NO.  The bottom holes of the flap spar are to be countersunk since this is where the flap hinge attaches.  New flap spar, $19.  That isn't too bad.  I should have just quit for the night before I started dimpling.  Just goes to show you that it is possible to screw up even a mindless task such as dimpling if you don't pay attention.

 

       


Last Updated: November 28, 2005