Aileron Hinge Brackets HOBBS 250.0 hrs

Tonight I finished up the main ribs, they are now ready for acid etch, alodine and primer. I also worked on the nose rib prep a little, deburring the lightening holes. Then I moved on to something a little more exciting and decided to prep the aileron hinge bracket sub-assemblies and get them ready for primer as well. With all these parts ready for primer, my next session might be a paint session so I can start riveting stuff together...thats always the fun part.

I also forgot to mention that over the weekend I cleco-ed the main ribs to the main spars and labeled them. I went with R1, R2, R3...and L1, L2, etc to make it much less confusing than Van's part labeling scheme. The whole deal is a little tricky because there are 7 different kinds of ribs that are subtly different and you really have to study the prints to know where each one goes. Complicating the endeavor is the fact that you have right hand and left hand ribs designated 'L' and 'R'...but all 'L' ribs dont go on the left wing and vice versa.

So, ok, not too bad, just pay attention...I did the left wing without too much trouble. But, once again I was bitten by the mirror image right wing. So I start laying out the right wing exactly as shown on the left wing print. And of course it wasnt coming out correct, something wasnt right. I was soooo sure that I had finally caught Van's in a mistake that I was planning my morning phone call and actually was writing down notes of which ribs they needed to ship me when it finally dawned on me...duh, I got everything backwards...AGAIN! :) On the left wing, every 'R' rib is now a 'L' on the right...you get the idea. Once I did it correctly, everything fit exactly as it should. I wonder if I will get fooled by this again on these wings!? haha! The good news was no harm done except a little extra time and head scratching.