Ducked over to the shop tonight to work on making some 0.025 aluminum parts. My original intention was to to start making the numerous (64? Are you kidding me!) 4 foot standard "L"s needed for my build, but I decided I wanted to accomplish something more tangible. I cut out the 0.025 skin for the elevator trim tab. I'm going to leave it flat for now until I have more time to concentrate on bending it. It's a fairly complex bend over a narrow piece of aluminum, so it will pay to think it out well before committing to the bender. Next I started and completed the wing spar tips. By laying them out opposite to each other on the aluminum sheet, I saved a some cutting and and prevented waste. Once I had them cut out the next challenge was to bend opposite flanges with the correct web space between. Thankfully I had done this before on the 701 wing extension, so it was fairly simple. After making the correct bends (I had to think about which side was which) I laid out the measurements for the lightening holes. Once satisfied, it was back to the fly-cutter. Depsite my efforts to size the hole correctly, I had a bit of a rough time flanging the holes evenly. They will need a bit more work from the flanging die. Other than that they turned out real nice. That's it for tonight, thanks for following along!
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