We did an assembly of Goat on occasion of having some friends in from out of town, which was especially fun when watching their 9 year-old, who is interested in aviation, enjoy wiggling the stick. As a group, we pushed Goat up the small backyard hill and rolled it down to give the feeling of movement. Big smiles all the way around.
It was a useful exercise to reassemble actually. This meant putting the new strut eyebolts to the test, and making sure I have all the parts and pieces. No issues with the struts. I was missing a single nano-clip for the elevator.
One thing that popped out from the assembly was an issue where the ailerons would not fold-up flat on the wing upper surface like the plans call out. The flaps seem to fold just fine, and you can see the difference in fold-up angles below.
One thing that popped out from the assembly was an issue where the ailerons would not fold-up flat on the wing upper surface like the plans call out. The flaps seem to fold just fine, and you can see the difference in fold-up angles below.
The problem stems from the location of the linkage on the ailerons and how they interfere with the rib to trailing edge intersection, shown below.
There is no great way to address this interference that I can figure, without rebuilding the ailerons. Since these un-bolt, I'm going to power forward and think about building new ones in the future. Maybe. If it's a problem.
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