-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…
Category: Left Wing
-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…
-FITTED LEADING EDGE ASSY TO SPAR AND CLECOED ON-CLEANED UP FUEL TANK MATING SURFACES & DIMPLED SCREW HOLES FOR #8 SCREW-TRIAL FITTED FUEL TANK TO SPAR-TORE MY SHED APART TRYING TO FIN MY OFFSET RIVET SET WITHOUT LUCK-DIMPLED OUTBOARD UPPER…
-DRILLED LENS TO SKIN -DRILLED LENS-SKIN TO #30-DRILLED LENS TO 5/32 AND COUNTERSUNK-PREPPED REATINING STRIPS & RIVETED NUTPLATES ON -INSTALLED LAMP ASSY INTO BRACKET-TRIED TO INSTALL LENS BUT REALIZED I’D INADVERTANTLY FITTED A LARGE NUTPLATE ON RETAINING STRIPS, SO REMOVED…
-FINAL TORQUED TIEDOWN ASSY TO SPAR-TIDIED UP LANDING LIGHT CUTOUT -FABRICATED 2x RETAINER STRIPS TO SUIT LARGER CUTOUT -MATCH DRILLED RETAINER STRIPS TO LEADING EDGE-MATCH DRILLED NUTPLATE HOLES FROM OLD RETAINER STRIPS TO NEW ONES -MARKED/DRILLED HOLES IN RIBS USING…
-AFTER CONSULTING OTHER BUILDERS I DECIDED TO EXTEND THE LANDING LIGHT CUTOUT 1.5″ OUTBOARD SO THE LED LAMPS WOULD LINE UP, THIS WILL ALSO GIVE THE BENEFIT OF BETTER LIGHT DISPURSION INBOARD.-MARKED AND ROUGHLY CUT OUT THE EXTENDED HOLE BUT…