I tried the modified tool and it works pretty well. I’m going to do a little more adjustment on it so that it doesn’t hit the steel bracket and clears the universal rivet heads.
I wasn’t quite getting the aileron throw I wanted, so I switched to the smaller bushing I had.
Adjusting the aileron bolt required dropping the flaps. I could almost remove the rod end that screws into the flap, but the pushrod hit the edge of the hole just before the bolt could slip out. I sanded the hole a little bit larger, but kept it inside the black line I drew that showed where the flap overlap sits. This covers the hole when the flaps are up.
In preparation for installing the weatherstripping that will seal the forward edge of the canopy, I fabricated a couple of strips to span the gap in the flange. This way I can have a continuous strip of the weatherstripping across the entire edge.
Afterward, I used some Sikaflex to seal up all of the gaps.
Sealing around the canopy hinge is the most tricky, but I think this will do a pretty good job.
