Quit flapping around

The last of the moveable surfaces to be built were the flaps.  After the ailerons, the flaps are very similar and work went rather quickly.  I learned from the past mistake of not labeling the items and was very careful on placement of components.

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Again, I didn’t use pro seal to do the trailing edges, as careful back riveting proved to yield nice results.  Here is a good example of the loose edges vs the finished riveted edge.

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After finishing those up, I went ahead and mounted them to the wing with appropriate hardware and moved onto the next project.  One thing to note, I am still not above messing up and having to drill out rivets.  I mistakenly riveted two pieces together backwards and wound up having to drill out all of these rivets and redoing.  It’s an important skill to not forget.

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