Made some big changes in the shop tonight, not to mention a milestone of getting the wings off their stands! I started out by finishing up an upgrade to my wing cradle: Storage shelf! Theres a bunch of space begging for a shelf between the two posts of the cradle. … Continue reading
Well, I have some messed up aileron pushrods now. I decided to take my pushrods to be welded, after some concerns over the edge distance on one of the rivets. I figured I would get them welded and call it good. I found a local mobile welder that had great … Continue reading
Getting some control surfaces mounted up! I was able to get the right aileron mounted onto the wing, and everything bolted in place and ready for me to do the rigging of this aileron. I captured an overheard timelapse of the work here: I started out by pulling the right … Continue reading
Some changes to the shop tonight, and its time to start working on the control surfaces. I did manage to get the W-421 aileron bellcrank assembled and bolted onto the spar web, where I’ll next install the aileron. I grabbed an overhead timelapse, since I am not sure where to … Continue reading
Quick update and work session tonight. The last long control tube has cured from its priming, and Its ready for the rod end to be riveted. So, I grabbed the primer, and swirled some on the inside of the VA-111 rod end, and also on the mating surface. Then I … Continue reading
Yeap. Part 3. This is a short session for tonight, but progress none the less. I also stopped by Ace Hardware and picked up another small can of oil based metal primer to finish off the other tube, where we ran short last night. I did manage to completely assembly … Continue reading
A long working session tonight with the help of my wife. We managed to get all the aileron control pushrods and control tubes made up, except for one last little bit of priming, since we ran out of primer. I did manage to capture the first three hours of the … Continue reading
After a short break, I came back down to do a little more work. I decided to go ahead and make the W-818 aileron bellcrank pushrod. We managed to get the W-818 pushrods made, and even got the inside primed. Here’s the time lapse: It started out by grabbing the … Continue reading
I started tonights work with a little upgrade for the wing cradle. I picked up some new casters at Harbor Freight, to make moving the wing cradle a little easier, These have a 200lb each weight rating, and have brakes on each wheel, which will make it easy to lock … Continue reading