It’s that time in the build: Wing rib prep. This is probably the only part of the build that most people enjoy the least. There are 56 total ribs, and all of them need to be prepped before you can start building the wing skeleton. That means the following things … Continue reading
I found a little time to finish up the rear spars for the wings tonight. I had let the AKZO cure for a few days while Tammy was off so we did family time during those days. Tammy was back at work tonight, so I pulled the primered parts from … Continue reading
Another priming day. I really don’t enjoy priming, its probably the only part of building an airplane that I despise. It very well could be my process, so I think I will try something different on the ribs. However, I followed my normal routine for the spar parts: Scuff all … Continue reading
There wasn’t much left to do on the rear spars except finish getting them ready for priming, and then riveting. The bulk of tonights work was deburring all the holes, so thats where I started off. I deburred all the holes in the doubler plates (W-707E, and F), reinforcement fork … Continue reading
Got a little bit of a late start, I had to run out to Harbor Freight after work to pickup a die grinder for the work tonight, and ran a few other errands, but I managed to put 3.5 hours in, and have the rear spar ready for metal finishing … Continue reading
I actually fabricated some parts from the plans tonight. This section of the plans has us fabricate the tiedown brackets that bolt to the main spar and help secure the aileron bell cranks as well. There was a good bit of fabrication from raw materials so it was pretty much, … Continue reading
I was able to wrap up all of the fuel tank attachment nutplates and the inspection cover nutplates tonight. In the last session, I installed all of the nutplates, and tonight I finished them up by machine countersinking all the screw holes to accept the dimples in their mating metal. … Continue reading
Nut Plates….tons of nutplates. I worked a good 3 hours tonight on nothing else but riveting the nutplates to the top and bottom of the main spars. I think there is something like 150-ish total of these little things that need to go on. I need to get these guys … Continue reading
Today marks the official start day for the wings! I have been studying and reading over the plans since the wing kit came in last week. After getting the shop organized and setup for the wings, I decided tonight was as good a night as any to get started. Of … Continue reading
I was working in my virtual machine lab most of the day today for a work project, so I didn’t spend much time on the wings. There really isn’t much left on the hardware organization, and I think I have it all finished up tonight. I started out by putting … Continue reading