Got another work session in last night on the right aileron, its clicking along nicely. I think I have worked on the plane six nights in a row now...on a nice roll. The streak will end tonight though, I have to attend class at CU.
Once you've built the left, its pretty easy to do the right one from memory. Its pretty interesting to see how the workmanship goes up the second time around...at least for me. Its so difficult to do a task for the first time ever and do it well. Try and think of anything in your life you did really well the first time? So as always, aim for perfection, but dont be too hard on yourself if you miss the mark on the first go 'round. A safe plane is what we're shooting for first and foremost...anything beyond that is gravy in my opinion.
One thing I wanted to note to other builders...when I was peeling off the blue plastic on the left aileron, the force of pulling the plastic put very slight 'kinks or buckles' in the leading edge of the skin. I was much more careful on the right one and it came out a lot nicer, nice and smooth...just beware, it doesn't take much. Again, purely cosmetic, but if you can avoid it.
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