Scott's RV-14 Build

Finishing Wing Details

Spent the past couple weeks finishing up the wing install details. This included hanging and rigging the ailerons, fabricating both sets of upper and lower wing root fairings, attaching fuel feed and fuel vent lines, fuselage/wing electrical connections, pitot tube install and securing all wiring and tubing. I elected to go with Aircraft Specialty fabricated fuel and vent lines. I tried fabricating them myself, but my tubing bender wouldn't allow it due to the tight radius of the lines. It was easier to just let AS do it. Their final product and customer service was awesome and at a reasonable price. I also elected to install JDAIr fuel vent fairings under the wing to dress things up a bit. These vents required modified vent lines that AS made for me. The wing root fairings took longer than needed. Vans didn't countersink and dimple some required holes on my QB wings. I was able to countersink most of them myself but a few needed dimpling due to the thin material. With the nutplates attached I was unable to use a #10 screw countersink cutter. Vans recommended using a #30 CS as the center mandrel would fit inside the nutplate. I ended getting very good results with that technique. The tank bracket was too thin to CS and needed dimpling. I would've needed to remove the nutplates on them to do that and decided it wasn't worth the hassle. So, I have button screws in those locations on my fairings that would normally be flush. It ended up looking fine on the finished fairings. I got both ailerons hung and rigged using the provided template. The ailerons and flaps are reflexed a degree or so up at cruise to reduce drag. The only thing left is to hang and rig the flaps. I'm going to hold off on that till the rear window is installed for easier access.

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