-Cleaned & prepped tank interior seam where leak was coming from -Cleaned and prepped access panel and end rib -Resealed interior seam & reinstalled tank access panel -Sealed/Installed LH tank fuel sender unit, leak test still to be done -Removed…
Category: Wings
-Pop Riveted nutplates in position for Left Fuel tank sender & temporarily fitted sender – pending sealing -Finally got the right hand access panel off by heating with the heat gun and prying with a sharpened strip of aluminium, theres…
-Removed threaded rod ends from unsatisfactory W-818 pushrod assemblies & ordered some more 4130 tube to redo the rods. -Set the W-716 Aileron pushrod length & tightened jam nut -Bought the required 38mm (1.5″) holesaw, cut out fuel tank sender…
-Primed then drilled & attempted riveting W-808 Aileron pushrod however as with many others I couldn’t get satisfactory rivets & due to expansion inside the pipe can’t remove the unsatisfactory rivets so looking into getting replacement pipe, cutting the rod…
-Clecoed RH wing upper skins in place -Made paper gauge for marking aileron pushrod ends for drilling & marked drill holes -Fitted VA-111 rod ends and drilled pipe to rod ends #40 -Opened up rod-rod end holes to #30 &…
-Tidied up the garage & stored the LH & RH wing lower skins now they’re primed -Flipped the wing back over & turned around to make access to the upper surface easier -Temporarily fitted the fuel tank & started to…
-Measured, marked & final trimmed W-716 Aileron Pushrod -Prepped (Alumiprep33) & Primed all right side wing skins, the lower left wing skins & the pushrods, new inflatable paint booth worked a treat Manual Reference: 7-9, 7-11 Installed Removed Rivets Today…
-Performed the planned fix on my misdrilled LE rib-spar holes – Fitted 2x MS27839 screws & AN365 Nuts -In preparation of prepping & priming wing skins made a few simple skin drain/paint stands from scrap timber -Lightly filed, sanded &…
-Finished clecoing leading edge assy to spar -Drilled spar-rib holes that i’d previously missed, misdrilled 2x to #19 but waiting on van’s for a solution -Flipped wing upside down to make access easier -Riveted all spar-rib holes using lp4 blind…
-Removed unsatisfactory OB fwd upper 426 rivet & replaced with MK-319-BS blind rivet -Installed MK-319-BS blind rivets in the FWD most upper position due to difficulty satisfactorily setting the 426 rivets in those positions -Positioned & started clecoing leading edge…