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Rodrigo Damazio Bovendorp
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Electric aileron trim progress
I drilled, deburred and primed the aileron trim assembly parts: Primed aileron trim assembly parts (and others) I then assembled and riveted those: Riveted aileron trim assembly and then installed the servo in place: Servo installed into trim assembly Compl...

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Some empennage attach progress
I attached the trim cables to the trim assembly: Cables attached to trim assembly and fabricated a bracket for the CPC connector (for trim servo and ELT wires): Tail connector bracket attempt 1 I enlarged the main connector hole, and then realized that the ...

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Ailerons complete!
Another section that had almost nothing left to do from the QuickBuild - the only two tasks were to countersink a pair of holes (one in each aileron) and then select the attachment hardware: Countersunk hole with attachment hardware Time lapse: Total ailero...

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Wing rear spars complete!
There wasn't much to do in the quickbuild rear spars. I had to drill and dimple a few holes, including this tricky corner hole next to the flap bracket: I was also worried about the latest Service Bulletin (SB16-03-28) from Van's, which required modificatio...

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Quickbuild wing verification
With the quickbuild wings, I'm still required to go through every single step in the manual and verify that it has been completed. That is a long, tedious process (though not nearly as long as actually executing the steps, of course), and the not-done steps...

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Aileron actuation progress
This is another section that's not "quick built" and all steps have to be completed. Finally something to rivet! I started by cutting all the pushrod tubes: Various pushrods and torque tube cut to length Match-drilled and assembled the bellcrank-to-aileron ...

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Top wing skins complete!
The top skins come pre-installed, but still require the drilling, countersinking and installation of inboard edge nutplates. Should be a simple task, had I not screwed up - one of the many nutplates is a single-lug nutplate: I happily drilled it just like a...

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Wing rear spars complete!
There wasn't much to do in the quickbuild rear spars. I had to drill and dimple a few holes, including this tricky corner hole next to the flap bracket: I was also worried about the latest Service Bulletin (SB16-03-28) from Van's, which required modificatio...

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Main wing spars complete!
Ok, that was easy, thanks to the quick build :) I tapped the tiedown blocks for the tiedown rings: Tapping the right wing tiedown block and test-fit the Cleaveland rings, which sat just short of flush: Cleaveland tiedown rings attached to the right wing Ano...

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Wing stand
We decided to build the wing stand following the plans posted by someone else: (can't find the original source of this to give credit - if you know, please point me to it in the comments!) The only minor change is that I think the middle section could be a ...
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