Title: Prime and wrap up pushrods
Representing a little bit of time over multiple days, I have wrapped up the aileron pushrods and bellcranks for both wings. I had to prime the insides and outs of the tubes that weren't power-coated from the factory. I also had to drill the last set of holes in the torque-tubes that required a specific angle between the two arms by using a carefully measured spacer block. The aileron bellcrank pushrods required very long rivets to be squeezed to secure the threaded rod ends. These rivets are described in the instructions as being difficult to squeeze straight, and that was indeed the case. I didn't get them squeezed with a normal looking shophead and I ended up needing to form two facets on each, but I feel they are all performing their intended purpose of securely holding in the rod ends. I may choose to redo these later if they annoy me enough. Once all of the holes were drilled and deburred, I installed as much of the final bolts, washers, and spacers that were specified, though I didn't install any of the rods into the wings. I'll leave them out for now, since I intend to transport the wings to the hangar and do final wing assembly there. What's next? I think I'm done with tasks that I can do on the wings for now, so I'll switch to the empennage next.


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