-DEBURRED REAR SPAR COMPONENTS-ALUMIPREPPED & ALODINED REAR SPAR COMPONENTS & LEFT WING UPPER SKINS -PRIMED SPAR COMPONENTS & LEFT WING UPPER SKINS Manual Reference: 7-2 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0 0 Wing Rivets 1288 34 Total Project Rivets 3509 86 Hours…
-CUT TIEDOWN SPACERS OUT OF SUPPLIED BAR-DRILLED LIGHTNING HOLE OUT OF SPACERS -MEASURED AND DRILLED REFERENCE POINT ON 731 TIEDOWN BAR-CLAMPED SPACERS AND TIEDOWN BAR TO SPAR AND DRILLED ATTACH HOLES-DRILLED COUNTERSUNK ASSY FOR PLATENUTS -PREPPED SPACERS & TIEDOWN BAR…
-DIMPLED WING ACCESS PANELS SPAR ROW-COUNTERSUNK SPAR TO FIT ACCESS PANELS -TOUCHED UP ALL COUNTERSINKS WITH ALODINE PEN-ATTACHED CENTRE SECTION NUTPLATES TO THE SPAR Manual Reference: 7-2 Installed Removed Rivets Today 4 0 Wing Rivets 1288 34 Total Project…
-GAVE THE SHED A TIDY UP-STILL CAN’T FIND MY OFFSET RIVET SET TO FINISH MY LEFT WING SO I DECIDED TO START ON MY RIGHT WING.-FIRSTLY I SLID THE LEFT WING INTO THE BACK OF THE STAND AND TEMPORARILY MODIFIED…
-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…
-CUT OUT AND LAID TEMPLATE OVER LEADING EDGE -MARKED CUT OUT LINES -CUT OUT ROUGH LANDING LIGHT HOLE IN THE LEADING EDGE-FOUND IT REALLY EASY TO CUT WITH THE DREMEL CUT-OFF WHEEL & ROTARY BURR ***FOUND THAT I’D FITTED THE…
MY LANDING LIGHTS ARRIVED TODAY FROM DUCKWORKS, I ORDERED THE LED LIGHTS .-I STARTED BY PRIMING AND PAINTING THE LIGHT MOUNT BRACKET BLACK TO MATCH THE LIGHT AS THIS WILL BE CLOSED UP SOON AND I DONT WANT IT TO…