TODAY I -FINALLY PILOT DRILLED THE FWD FLANGES ON HS405 -DRILLED ALL RIB TO SPAR HOLES TO #30 SIZE EXCEPT THE HS708 -UNCLECOED, DEBURRED HOLES & RE-CLECOED -CLECOED SKIN ON -ENLARGED HS708 HOLES TO #21 -SLIPPED HS704 & 5 IN…
Month: July 2011
CONTINUED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT DRILLING OF HS404/5 BUT DECIDED TO LEAVE THIS AND GET MORE INFO. -REMOVED SKINS OFF SKELETON Manual Reference: HS/DRL/Step 2 Hours: 1.2 Total Hours: 18.55
-I FLUTED THE HS708 R, HS706 L&R & HS707 L&R. -AS WE DONT KNOW THE LOCATION OF HOLES ON HS404 & 405 I WONT FLUTE THEM YET STEP 2 COMPLETE Manual Reference: HS/RIB/Step 2 Hours: 0.25 Total Hours: 17.35
THE PRIMER IS NOW DRY ON THE VA146 BEARING SO I RIVETED THE HS411’S AROUND THE BEARING WITH A -5 RIVET FOR THE FIRST RIVET, BUT LIKE MANY OTHER BUILDERS I WASN’T HAPPY WITH THE SHOP HEAD SO I DRILLED…
-I SPENT AGES TRYING TO WORK OUT THE HS405 FWD FLANGE DRILLING IN SEC D-D BUT DECIDED TO LEAVE THAT & ASSEMBLE THE HS TEMPORARILY WITH CLECOS TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW THE ASSEMBLY FITS TOGETHER. STEP 1 COMPLETE…
I DID MY FIRST FLUTES ON THE RIGHT HAND HS708 Manual Reference: HS/RIB/S2 Hours: 0.4 Total Hours: 14.6
TODAY I RECEIVED MY NEW HS411BPP & HS411APP BRACKETS SO I CLECOED THEM TO THE AFT HS SPAR WITH THE VA146 BEARING SANDWICHED BETWEEN THEM & DRILLED FOUR OF THE HOLES THROUGH TO THE HS411APP AS ONLY THE HS411BPP IS…
TODAY I -NOTCHED THE AFT END OF BOTH HS404 RIBS AS PER “HS404 TRIM DETAIL” DRAWING 3 -GOT A REPLY FROM VAN’S LETTING ME KNOW THAT MY HS702 FRONT SPAR IS FINE, AND I DON’T NEED TO REPLACE IT COMPLETED…
TODAY I -TRIMMED THE IB ENDS OF 2ND HS702 AS PER “FRONT SPAR TAB DETAIL” DRAWING 3 -MARKED BEND LINE AND CUT RELIEF NOTCH ON HS702 #2 -I FOUND SOME DEEP SCRATCHING AT THE RELIEF NOTCH ON HS702 #1 SO…
TODAY I -TAPERED THE ENDS OF HS710 AS PER DRAWING 2 -BENT THE ENDS OF 710 & 714 TO 6 DEGREE ANGLE AS PER DRAWING 3 -TRIMMED IB ENDS OF HS702 AS PER “FRONT SPAR TAB DETAIL” DRAWING 3 -MARKED…