Continued to work on all of the little parts that need to be fab'd for the electric flaps.
| Finished the new F-766B part. So, what's the difference between the two parts? Well, the part on the left fits, and the part on the right says "bad". |
| F-785B fab'd, needs to be polished. Nothing unique here, just a 4' piece of 3/4" angle with the ends cutoff and drilled. |
| Cut the .063 for F-767. I spent quite a bit of time looking for this part. The plans say to make from .063, but when you have to fab a part, the plans usually give both dimensions. All we can tell from the plans is that the part is 1 3/4" plus 11/16" on one side. I measured the cutout where F-767 goes, and it looks like 2" will do. And yes, that's as straight as I can cut with my cheap ass bandsaw. It really drifts to the right. I had the bandsaw adjusted right once, but it seems to be mis-adjusted, again. |
| Putting a little bend on F-767. |
| Looks about right. |
| Mark F-785B to the F-748 tunnel cover, so we can drill F-785B. |
| Go ahead and drill F-785B to the F-785A backrest brace. |
| Next step is to fit and rivet the F-758 bracket to the bottom end of F-766A, but, in fact, F-758 is a two piece bracket that needs to be cut apart. Not much fitting to do, since the parts are already drilled. I think the instructions apply to the EF-604 part, which we do not use on the RV-7. The flap kit is a retrofit for the RV6. |
| F-766A with the two F-758 brackets attached, and the F-767 attach plate drilled and attached. Also, the F-785A backrest support with F-785B angle attached. Let's see if these fit. |
| Yeah, they fit. Now, take them back out and install the nutplates in F-766A like the instructions say (after deburring, of course). |
| F-766A with nutplates installed and all hardware ready to attach, everything deburred (well, everything except F-785A). |