It’s been a while since I was able to make it over to Stu’s place. Between being sick and various Christmas related activities, I think it’s been close to 2 weeks since I got anything done.
Today I went over and got some more aileron work done. I cut the trailing edge on the outboard end, and glued the aileron end plates and the remaining plywood pieces in place. Everything lines up well and I’m looking forward to cutting the aileron out of the wing for the next steps.
I also picked up an Airpath compass on eBay. This one is a C2350-L4-23M, I think. It’s in need of rebuild, which I knew would be the case when I bought it. The compass arrived completely dry, but the card rotates freely with no sign of binding. The compensation mechanism is in perfect shape, markings are clear, lubber line is fine. With some new gaskets, diaphragm, and fluid it will be perfectly serviceable. Even the paint cleaned up nicely with a little naptha and denatured alcohol.
I ordered the repair kit and a couple of replacements for missing screws from Spruce, This one is lighted and is designed to use a little GE incandescent bulb, but rather than use one of those I think I’ll retrofit it with an LED. Of course I could just leave it un-lighted, since the plane won’t be equipped for night flight, but I figure I’ve got parts on hand and time to spare, so I may as well fix it up with a red light.
While I was doing the aileron work, Stu was building a table for a 4′ x 4′ CNC router that should be here in a month or so. He’s understandably pretty pumped about that.