Ok Guys , I'm back from the Holy land and making great progress on N7038V. I have turned my attention to the hinge mounts for the Ailerons, and per some suggestions to correct the "rivet" installation, I have begun to flox in the nut plates to the spars. I would like to repeat my steps for you, and welcome input.
First, I removed the rivets from one side of one of the four hinges to maintain alignment. Then I drilled out the holes to 7/32" , and placed the two lug nut plates in the holes,then check to see if the holes in the hinge were on center. I then used #2 ss screws to hold the plates down, and traced the outline of them, then removed them. Using a dremal and a router bit, I made sockets for them to be recessed below the top of the spar, and then reinstalled them with the screws in the mounting lugs. I then folded the hinge back down to check alignment and flushness. I dipped the 8-32 truss head machine screws in wax the lightly screwed them in the nut plates. Lastly I mix some "West systems" epoxy with flox to a peanut butter consistency, and with a wood trowel filled the holes and encapsulated the nut plates. I then used the remaining mixture to make a test piece, to test the strength to destruction,of this type of installation. Anyone see any problems? Thanks Timothy Bellville KR2 N7038V Toledo , Ohio
