Continued and completed the flap components. I had a bit of a binding issue with the rounded angle piece that supports the flap motor on the inside. The plans have to drill the hole before assembling the pieces together, well I guess my measurements were ever so slightly off because the bolt went in at an angle and caused a bind when tightened as well as being off center for the actual flap handle/bar bolt up. So I remade the rounded angle piece……. I recommend doing it the way I did the second time……. It's easier and made for a perfect fit.

Start by placing the rough cut to size angle piece in the flap motor cover butted up against side where the 1/4” hole was previously drilled, clamp it and match drill a 1/4” hole in the angle piece thusly making a perfectly in line hole. Now all that's left is to cut the angle to size and round it on the grinder, clamp and drill following the instructions. Took me longer to type this than doing it.

I also drilled the aft baggage flap brace, I also made certain the cross member was leveled and had to use some ratchet straps to hold in level while I drilled. I also drew edge distance lines on the brace just so I'd know I was in a good spot and it matched the plans… the dimensions are listed in the plans.

With all that completed and clecoed in the plane, I celcoed the side covers in and match drilled them. They were removed, everything cleaned up, deburred and nut plates installed where instructed. This piece is completed, removed from plane until further.

Flap rods were fabricated per the plans, drill out to #3 and tapped, rod ends screwed in and stored until later.

*Note- during the fuselage build, you will notice many things that could be permanently installed are being removed and stored. This is being done because of my current situation of being hangarless and needed to do as much as I can in the basement with a normal door opening as an exit. Hopefully before I'm too old to remember I even built a plane I'll get a hangar :/. It's been 3 years and counting of being on hangar lists at 4-5 different airports. The hangar situation in this country is abysmal. -end rant