After fitting the ailerons and flaps to the wings we marked the hinge bracket locations and drilled them to their respective control surface. My friend Rusty came over and spent a day helping me drill all the nut plates for the brackets. Then we riveted on the reinforcement strips.
Next came the counter weights. I went to Ace and picked up some aluminum tube, then to Sportsmans Warehouse to pick up some #8 bird shot. I created a slurry of JB weld and shot to make a plug in one end of the tube. After curing, I alternated shot and epoxy until the tube was full to the top. After a few small adjustments I got exactly the right weight.
Finally the airplane has all it’s flight controls. Now on to aligning the trailing edges.