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Bending the Aileron Skins

By Lynn Dixon | March 12, 2018 - 9:00 pm |March 12, 2018 Total Build, Wings, Ailerons
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Bending skins is one of those tasks that make me nervous! Van’s ships the aileron skins with the trailing edge bent only just enough to form the trailing edge.  The reason is so that you can easily attach the stiffeners via backriveting.  The task itself is not difficult, but it … Continue reading →

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