Havent flown in a week and a half, getting that itch!

However, when the weather turned on me I decided it was time to pull the shoddy tape covering patch I had done on my ailerons when I repaired them before putting the bird back in service. Oil was getting at the wood of the aileron under the covering and tape.

Soo, I takes the covering off, completely stripped one side, the other just the repair area.

While heating and cleaning the wood to get the oil out I discovered something. My aileron torque rod repair didnt hold, I assume when I put it on the CG sling it broke it back out. (I remember distinctly hearing it go POP!! Guess I should have followed my gut and refixed it then, got lucky!)

So, I cleaned out the holes I had drilled to get at the torque rod and cleaned out some of the old epoxy, then re-repaired it, and recovered the ailerons with real covering instead of packaging tape... Now I know what that rattle has been when I flew it all the time. I also discovered the hinge on the outer end of one of the ailerons was pulling out, I put some CA in there and rebonded it. Hopefully it holds untill I tear it all back down at the end of the year for recovering. (Im planning to change the color scheme and clean her up a bit this coming winter.)

No pics as Im at work, but I figured Id chime in so I can get some tips on how to do it better next time I run into this sort of problem..

When I tear it down next time it gets a second servo and the ailerons direct connected instead of Torque rods! I almost did that this time, but I was unsure how to build a servo mount in the wing.

28 reads, no one telling me a better way.. Must've fixed it right this time

Who knew Id get something right in just two tries

Make certain that you test the CA hinge by pulling firmly on it, sometimes a reglue doesn't stick as well as they appear to at first. If it didn't hold, just cut all 3 off, and put in new hinges next to the old ones, don't reuse the spot where the old hinges were. Sounds like you're on your way!