-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 &…
-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…
-Continued riveting leading edge, got all but the top fwd row done & had some issues with the OB FWD rivet so i’ll also have to sort that out Manual Reference: 7-9 Installed Removed Rivets Today 97 1 Wing Rivets 4274…
-Finally mobile after knee surgery so got back into the garage and had a quick tidy up -Touched up the bare bits on the firewall and moved it out of the garage -Countersunk the platenuts for the 423 splice plate,…
-Drilled 423 splice plate for platenuts & deburred/dimpled -Prepped (prekote) & primed leading edge skin, ribs, splice plate & wing walk doubler Manual Reference: 7-8, 7-9 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0 0 Wing Rivets 4028 76 Fuse Rivets 165 2 Empennage…
-Countersunk spanwise spar holes -Riveted fwd most rib-spar holes -Dimpled all wing skeleton -Dimpled all ribs -Dimpled all skins -Dimpled 423 joint plate rivet holes only Manual Reference: 7-8, 7-9 Installed Removed Rivets Today 16 0 Wing Rivets 4028 76 Fuse…