-Cut & cleaned up fuel tank stiffeners -Fluted & straightened IB/OB ribs -Mounted fuel tank ribs to baffle and final drilled to baffle/Zbrackets Manual Reference: 7-5 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0 0 Wing Rivets 3429 74 Fuse Rivets 165 2 Empennage…
-Mounted tank to spar, aligned and strapped in place -Drilled tank skin to W-423 splice/joint plate -Drilled inboard Rib – Tank Baffle – Z Bracket -Removed outer Leading Edge & drilled Outboard Rib – Tank Baffle – Z Bracket -Separated…
-Had some time so decided to get back into the fuel tank -Firstly there were mud wasp nests in the spar to fuse attach holes so thoroughly cleaned those out -Countersunk all Z brackets & IB spar…
-Finished drilling the Z-Brackets to the spar-Removed brackets -Unfortunately when i previously restarted my brackets on the left side i didnt reorder the nutplates, so i needed to try and locate the old brackets and remove the nuts from them-Removed…
-Spent a while tidying garage up and figuring out where i was up to.-Recieved a new rear baffle after previous issues also got another 200 clecoes in the order-Properly clecoed right fuel tank ribs in place -removed vinyl from rear…
-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
-FINISHED DRILLING RIGHT WING TOP SKINS Manual Reference: 7-4 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0 0 Wing Rivets 2507 50 Total Project Rivets 4728 102 Hours 1 Total Hours 443 Statistics
-CLECOED TOP SKINS IN PLACE, FOUND THAT I HADN’T DRILLED SPAR CHANNEL TO SPAR REINFORCEMENT PLATES SO REMOVED THE OUTER SKIN DRILLED THOSE AND REATTACHED OUTER SKIN. -DUE TO THE OTHER WING STILL BEING IN THE STAND THIS WING HAS…