Tonight's session was starting to prepare the two pushrods that will actuate the ailerons. The two rods had to be measured and cut from longer aluminum tubes using a hacksaw. I then deburred and sanded the cut tube. A paper template from the instructions was then cut out and taped to the ends of the tubes to allow the holes to be punched and drilled. Then the endcaps could be inserted, match-drilled, and deburred.
Then I took the tubes and endcaps outside for their first pass at priming. I sprayed nearly a full can of self-etching primer down the middle of the two tubes, rotating during the process to ensure full coverage.
What's next? I need to finish priming the outside of these tubes and then move onto installing the rivets that hold the endcaps in.