earnie wrote:
may I ask why ? the ailerons were on the outboard wings prior to the installation, it would seem that there would be less chance of damage to them, and they have to be rigged anyway, so just taking them of and installing the outboard wings would have been a better option,
I love how the work is going , this little thing bugged me,=a repair to a new skin
There was talk about doing this. The ailerons were attached several years ago before restoration resumed earlier this year. Some argued to remove the aileron and then reattach it once the wing was installed, but the guys in charge decided to go ahead and raise the wings with them attached so that we wouldn't have to attach them while up 15 feet off the ground and risk damage that way. The LH wing went on like a glove, but the RH side (where the rear spar was replaced) took a little persuasion. During this, the outboard wing swung away from the wing on the crane and struck the spar chord when it swung back towards the wing, damaging the aileron covering and the inboard aileron rib. The repair to the covering and the rib was pretty easy and straightforward, so all in all I still think it came out better than removing and reattaching the aileron.