Aileron cable runs

A couple of visitors over from the UK this evening (Abi and Theo from one our companies system suppliers eFront). Had a wide eyed look around the ‘plane and setup .. both are up for a flight whe its ready …

Got cracking on the cable runs whilst I wait for the wing strut bolts to be drilled through. Decided to send these in to a marine shop locally as my recent efforts of drilling aviation bolt threads at right angles usually involves wandering drill bits, broken drill bits and lots of new interesting words !

ail cable run 0  ail cable run 1

The aileron cables runs will run through the trailing edge to allow as straight a run as possible. The inboard guides, prepared months ago are ready to rivet in place once I confirm a neat straight line.

With turnbuckles in situ at least I will get some degree of adjustment.

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