Fresh air scoop SCAT flange, verify left wing, mount left aileron | 12.18.2020

We received our Aveo PowerBurst NG wingtip light set today. These lights function as our nav/position lights and strobes in one package, using fairly low power (yay LEDs) compared to traditional light setups. These lights also have a white position light that shines backward, which is great because we don't have a tail to mount a white rear position light on.

We tested these and they are *bright*. Somehow I didn't get a picture of this, but I'm not sure you'd really be able to see much anyway. Too bright.

Since we received the tip lights, I sat down next to the wing and thought about how to mount these, and didn't come up with anything great. Since this hurt the brain, I moved on to other things after a while.

Here's where these need to be mounted. The nutplate sits proud of the surface and will need to go.

I moved on to addressing the fresh air scoop. I had mounted the scoop earlier, but this will need to have a SCAT tube connected that runs to the vents that push air onto our faces. I talked to the factory about what they do here, and they said they drill a hole and glass in a 1.5" aluminum tube. This sounded like a pain, and like it would be hard to get a good bond/straightness and there would be a bunch of finishing on the tube on the *inside* of the scoop.

Below is what I came up with. I ordered a 1.5" aluminum flange off ACS and drilled three holes through the flange and scoop where the clipped corner is. This flange was then attached to the scoop using structural adhesive and clecos. Once the adhesive cures, I'll take a 1.5" hole saw bit (or maybe smaller) and drill out the hole using the flange as a guide. Clean it up with a file and I should be done. Now I have a flange to mount the SCAT tube to.

Clecos greased so I could actually get them out. Worked great.

After this, Emily and I moved the right wing to the floor, and then moved the left wing up on the saw horses so I could finish the wing build verification and complete what was left on it.

Getting really tight in here.

With the wing on the horses, I completed the left wing verification, with everything checking out to spec. This was pretty quick, as I was able to verify most stuff when it was sitting on the floor and I was doing the right wing.

You'll also notice in the picture above that we mounted the left aileron.

I also spread cabo in the wing bolt access holes, top and bottom:

That's it for now!

- Jeff