-CLEANED UP LIGHTENING HOLE/EDGES ON FLAP SPARS-DRILLED & CLECOED RIBS TO SPARS -FABRICATED FL708 SHIMS-THE RIBS WERE ALL CONTACTING THE REAR SPAR SO NO SHIMS WERE REQUIRED-DRILLED RIBS TO REAR SPAR-DRILLED RIBS TO BOTTOM SKIN-MARKED 1/4″ LINE ON HINGES TO…
Category: Wings
-COULDNT ACCESS THE TAIL TO RIVET THE FWD MOST LWR MAIN RIB RIVET SO REMOVED LWR BOLT OF BOTH BRACKETS, RIVETED & RETORQUED BOLTS-POP RIVETED LWR SKIN-SPAR ROW -CHECKED STRAIGHTNESS AND IT CAME OUT GOOD-RH AILERON IS NOW COMPLETEBOTH AILERONS DONE!!…
DUE TO MY FUEL TANK BAFFLE ISSUES I DECIDED TO GET INTO SOMETHING ELSE AND THOUGHT I’D GIVE THE RIGHT AILERON RIVETING A GO WITH SOME ASSISTANCE-MADE SOME BRACKETS TO HOLD THE AILERON STEADY I SAW ON ANOTHER BUILDERS PAGE…
-REMOVED VINYL FROM INSIDE OF FUEL TANK SKIN-STARTED REMOVING VINYL FROM REAR TANK BAFFLE BUT UNDERESTIMATED THE STRENGTH OF THE ADHESIVE AND ENDED UP BUCKLING THE BAFFLE-TRIED STRAIGHTENING THE REAR BAFFLE BUT NOT SATISFIED SO I’LL HAVE TO ORDER A…
-REMOVED VINYL FROM INSIDE RH LEADING EDGE -MOUNTED IN CRADLE -CLECOED RIBS IN PLACE (THOSE LOWER CLECOES WERE PAINFUL TO TRY AND LINE UP) -MOUNTED ON MAIN SPAR AND CLECOED IN PLACE -SLID IB RIB INTO PLACE AND BACKDRILLED TO…
FINALLY GOT TIME TO GET BACK INTO THE RV WITH BEING STOOD DOWN FROM WORK-CLEANED UP THE WORK AREA-LUBED UP ALL AIR TOOLS-CLEANED THE DUST OFF THE WING -TOOK A BIT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I’M AT-IT LOOKS LIKE LAST…
-CLECOED BOTTOM SKINS INTO PLACE Manual Reference: 7-4 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0 0 Wing Rivets 2726 56 Total Project Rivets 4947 108 Hours 1 Total Hours 452.5 Statistics
-COMPLETED MY WING STORAGE STAND AND MOVED THE LEFT WING INTO THAT -MOVED MY RIGHT WING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION STAND -RIVETED FLAP BRACE TO SPAR -DRILLED, DEBURRED & DIMPLED THEN RIVETED AILERON GAP FAIRING TO SPAR AND TOP SKIN***COULDN’T RIVET…
-DRILLED OUTBOARD AILERON BRACKET TO SPAR/OB RIB-TOUCHED UP TRIMMED INBOARD AILERON BRACKET WITH PRIMER-I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE LWR RIVET ON BOTH THE BRACKETS IS A 426 (COUNTERSUNK) TYPE AND THE PLANS DON’T SEEM TO SHOW WHAT SIDE THE COUNTERSINK…
-FINISHED RIVETING LEFT WING TOP SKINS -FITTED AILERON HINGES INTO POSITION, HAD TO SAND A BIT OF THE UPPER EDGE OF THE INBOARD HINGE BRACKET TO STOP IT FOWLING ON THE SKIN-SPAR RIVETS-DRILLED INBOARD BRACKET TO SPAR AND ALODINED GROUND…