SPENT A FEW HOURS TODAY WHILE I CAN’T PROGRESS WITHOUT PRIMER PLANNING HOW TO MODIFY THE UPPER WING SO AS TO HAVE A SINGLE PIECE MAIN SKIN INSTEAD OF THE SUPPLIED TWO PIECE SKIN, STARTED WRITING A MOD REPORT FOR…
Category: Wings
-CLECOED MAIN RIBS TO FRONT AND REAR SPARS NOTE: REAR SPAR HASN’T BEEN PRIMED OR RIVETED YET SO I ATTACHED EXTRA CLECOES INTO REAR SPAR ASSY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PERFECT ALIGNMENT -DRILLED MAIN RIBS TO FRONT AND…
-TRIMMED AEX BAR TO SIZE TO MAKE W-731 -DRILLED MATCH HOLE ON 731 -CLAMPED 731 BAR & 726 SPACERS TO SPAR ALIGNED AND BACKDRILLED -DRILLED NUTPLATES TO ASSY & CSUNK SPACER END -PRIMED 726 & 731 -DEBURRED AL LH WING…
-EDGE DEBURRED AND FLUTED ALL MAIN WING RIBS -ONLY LIGHTNING HOLES TO GO Manual Reference: 7-2, 7-3 RIVETS – INST 0 – REM 0 WING RIVETS – INST 148 – REM 0 TOTAL PROJECT RIVETS – INST 2363 – REM 4 Hours:…
-FININSHED DEBURRING AND FLUTING ALL NOSE RIBS -DRILLED REAR SPAR UPPER FLANGE HOLES TO #40 FOR LENGTH OF REINFORCEMENT FORK READY TO DEBURR/DIMPLE -SORTED MAIN WING RIBS READY TO DEBURR LIGHTNING HOLES & FLUTE Manual Reference: 7-2, 7-3 RIVETS – INST…
-SPENT A MONTH AWAY ON HOLIDAYS, SO ON RETURN I DECIDED TO FINISH THE PAINFULL JOB OF FLANGE DEBURRING THE NOSE RIBS -OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT A MONTH FINISHED DEBURRING THE NOSE RIB FWD FLANGE EDGES AT WORK IN…
-CONTINUED EDGE DEBURRING OF WING RIBS -FINISHED EDGE DEBURRING ALL RIB FLANGES, NOT INCLUDING CORNERS AND TIGHT SPOTS -COULDN’T HANDLE DEBURRING RIBS ANY MORE SO WENT LOOKING AND FOUND MISSING W-707G REAR SPAR REINFORCEMENT FORKS -CLECOED/DRILLED W-707G & D FORK…
-OPENED UP REAR SPAR DOUBLER HOLE -STARTED DEBURRING WING RIBS Manual Reference: 7-3 RIVETS – INST 0 – REM 0 WING RIVETS – INST 148 – REM 0 TOTAL PROJECT RIVETS – INST 2363 – REM 49 Hours: 0.5 Total Hours: 221.25
-EDGE DEBURRED SPAR & REINFORCE PLATES EXCEPT 707G REINFORCE FORK AS I CAN’T FIND IT -CLAMPED 707 E/F REINFORCE PLATES TO SPAR, DRILLED/CLECOED & STARTED CUTTING AILERON PUSHROD HOLE -HOLE DEBURRED SPAR AT 707E & F POSITIONS & HOLE DEBURRED…
-DRILLED 822 ACCESS PLATES TO #28, BUT DIDN’T HAVE DIMPLE DIE TO DIMPLE FOR A # 6 SCREW SO I LEFT THAT FOR NOW -DRILLED, COUNTERSUNK & RIVETED CENTRE SECTION NUTPLATES ON, THE PLANS CALL OUT FOR YOU TO COUNTERSINK…