The photos on this entry may be in reverse order. I prepared all the seat rib assemblies, involving dimpling, installing platenuts, etc. All went well till I got to page 21-05, step 12, and began installing the flaperon mixer bracket. It was here that I discovered that I had put the mixer together incorrectly. Fortunately I discovered this before riveting or doing any damage. The image on the left shows the incorrect assembly.
I didn't trust that I had installed the rear spar recepticle correctly so the photo shows that I tested the fit by taking the assembly to the wing and testing the fit. It fit very well so I am happy.
All went well after this. It was tricky on page 21-06, step 7 with cutting the seatback hinge. Thankfully I had kept up Van's forum and found a caution there to measure an extra .5 inch so that I made the cut at 10.5 inches instead of 10. This allows for the hinge to be identical to the one depicted on this page. My screw-up here was in removing the center 2 eyelets on each hinge. I tried to cut these with a hacksaw, but there was not enough space for the blade. I then went to the bandsaw, but because my blade is too coarse, I strayed off and made a mistake with the cut. I ended up using my scotchbrite wheel and this worked the best.
We had snow over Christmas and all our fantastic adult children were home for the Holidays (sounds like a song coming on!). The snowy house picture is our Christmas card and also helps explain why I was away from the RV-12 for the better part of 2 weeks.
The plans are very clear and with thorough reading (and re-reading) one should not have a problem here.
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