Alright, before we get too busy getting excited about two posts in a row, let’s talk a little about Christmas. This year, we decided to do a Christmas tree. A few Saturday’s ago, we ventured out into the cold (it was pretty warm) and cut down our own tree (no we didn’t, we bought it from the farmer’s market).
Anyway. There are three interesting pictures from the day.
Jack, incredulously watching us decorate the tree.
Ginger's falling asleep. OMG this is the closest she's been to feather's since FEATHERGATE.
Finally the tree.
Now it needs some presents. Send me some presents.
Just kidding.
Let’s get back to building, shall we?
Tonight, high on the excitement of flipping the right wing over, I decided to get some more aluminum down from storage.
These two pieces are the Aileron Gap Fairing and the Flap Brace.
Part numbers shown for the right wing.
Turns out these have been in the garage for over a year now, so when I pulled off the blue vinyl, there was some residual…well…residue.
A little acetone fixed this right up.
I scuffed these up quickly (I’ll do this more completely when I’m about to prime) and got out the right aileron brackets. The top of the inboard bracket was interfering on my wing (like everyone else’s before me), so like them, I ground down the top corner a little with the scotchbrite wheel.
Here's the corner I ground down.
And clecoed in place.
The outboard bracket clecoed in place.
Here’s the flap brace, looking inboard.
I'll matchdrill both sides, but only rivet the brace to the spar now, the skins will come later.
The flange on the inboard most section is sitting a little funny, so tomorrow, before matchdrilling, I’ll see if I can’t straighten this out a little.
Crooked flange.
Flap brace looking from inboard to outboard.
Then, I clecoed on the aileron gap fairing.
With no trimming, look at how nicely everything lines up. Man, this is easy.
30 short minutes tonight, but it’s better than nothing.
Andrew's RV-7 Build Log 
The fact that I actually understand the Feathergate reference is a clear indicator that I’m spending too much time reading build logs and not enough time building…
Agreed. I have been trying to block feathergate from my memory, and only had the flashback when I was uploading the picture… back to building for both of us!