Mounted the aileron trim arm - 2 hours

Not much work on the project today. I booked the plane this afternoon to do some flying, but it wasn’t quite ready to fly from its annual that was completed yesterday. We ended up installing the front cowl and I learned how to do an engine run-up. I wrote up a report and turned it in. No flying today....but still a good plane day!

When I got home. I dove into mounting the aileron trim onto the plastic mounting block. First item that the plans have you do is to angle the arm 10 degrees down.


Next, I fit the assembly and marked the cotter pin hole and drilled to 1/16”.


Once that was done... The shaft of the trim arm could be trimmed down. That steel is really tough....took me a while to cut on the band saw. Once the rough cut was done....I trimmed it down on the sanding station. I then installed the large washer and cotter pin. As I want to prime before assemble...one of the items I need to do before priming is countersink the #10 mounting screw. Not a quick process....But it’s done. I’m now ready to prime.