-PREPPED LH WING TO INSTALL TOP SKINS-CLECOED IB TOP SKIN ON, BUT LEFT MY RIVET SETS AT WORK SO RIVETING WILL HAVE TO WAIT Manual Reference: 7-9 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0 0 Wing Rivets 1511 34 Total Project Rivets…
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-ROLLED FUEL TANK EDGES USING MY NEW EDGE ROLLER-STRAPPED LEADING EDGE DOWN TO ALIGN HOLES BETTER -BOLTED AND SCREWD LEADING EDGE DOWN, SAT MUCH BETTER, STILL A BIT OF PILLOWING BETWEEN SEAM SCREWS BU THIS IS AS GOOD AS I’LL…
-AFTER CONSULTING WITH VANS DECIDED TO STOP DRILL DAMAGED DIMPLES & THEY WILL BE PERIODICALLY INSPECTED AS PER DFD26-SO STOP DRILLED 4x DAMAGED DIMPLES & MANUFACTURED DOUBLERS (DECIDED NOT TO USE DOUBLERS) Manual Reference: DFD-0026 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0…
-RIVETED REAR SPAR ASSY TOGETHER Manual Reference: 7-2 Installed Removed Rivets Today 30 0 Wing Rivets 1511 34 Total Project Rivets 3732 86 Hours 1 Total Hours 389 Statistics
-REMOVED MORE EXCESS FUEL TANKS SEALANT AND INSTALLED ONTO SPAR-STILL SAT PROUD ALONG THE SPAR SO REMOVED AND REMOVED EXCESS SEALANT SPANWISE-WHILE DOING THIS FOUND THAT 3 INBOARD-MOST SCREW HOLES ON TANK WERE ELONGATED AND CRACKED Manual Reference: 7-9 Installed…
-FLIPPED WING OVER TO MAKE RIVETING EASIER-RIVETED 3x INBOARD RIBS TO SPAR-RIVETED THE LOWER SPANWISE ROW OF RIVETS -INSTALLED FUEL TANK ASSY & DECIDED TO INSTALL ALL SCREWS AND BOLTS INSTED OF THE HALF THE MANUAL CALLS OUT, I CAN’T…
-POP RIVETED OUTBOARD SINGLE RIVET & 2ND, 3RD RIB FROM OUTBOARD TO SPAR-WAITING ON LP4-4 RIVETS SO CANT RIVET THE INBOARD 3x RIBS-RIVETED TOP ROW OF LE SKIN-SPAR RIVETS Manual Reference: 7-9, DFD-25 Installed Removed Rivets Today 74 0 Wing…
-STARTED RIVETING LEADING EDGE ASSY TO MAIN SPAR–LWR TIP RIB CORNER OF LE RIB FLANGE BENT UP, MEANING I CAN’T GET A GOOD RIVET JOB SO I STOPPED FOR THE DAY Manual Reference: 7-9 Installed Removed Rivets Today 4 0…
-RIVETED REINFORCEMENT FORK TOP ROW OF RIVETS BUT WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE FIT OF THE SQUEEZER CUP AGAIN, SO I’M GOING TO BUY YET ANOTHER CUP -RIVETED THE TIEDOWN ASSY TOGETHER -DIMPLED BOTH AILERON SKINSPICTURES- 1718-1722_x000D_ Manual Reference: 7-2 Installed…
-DRILLED/ DIMPLED UPPER REAR SPAR FLANGE HOLES WHERE THE REINFORCE FORK SITS-CAN’T FIND MY #4 RIVET SET, SO HELD UP YET AGAIN BY MISSING TOOLS Manual Reference: 7-2 Hours: 0.5 Total Hours: 380 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0 0 Wing…