I came down to get a little work done, and knocked out getting the left Wing leading edge dimple and a D bird all the edges of this leading edge. Now all of my leading edge parts for both wings are ready to be scuffed cleaned and primed with AKZO, … Continue reading
A quick session tonight. I removed the right wing leading edge, disassembled it and then began deburring and dimpling the ribs. I used my pneumatic squeezer to simple all the ribs in quick time after I got them deburred. Here’s the pile of completed parts. Next I decided to go … Continue reading
Back to work on leading edge. I managed to get all of the left wing leading edge parts ready for priming in tonights session. I also captured a time lapse, and you’ll see at the end a lot of reading and standing / looking / planning. I am not going … Continue reading
I changed it up a bit tonight. I realized I could go ahead and knock out the W-423 splice plate since it needed a little more work per wing. These are the small strips of aluminum that are used as reinforcement plates between where the leading edge and the fuel … Continue reading
My Vans shipment came in while I was on vacation with the family. The leading edge ribs I needed were in this shipment, these are the ones that will replace the ribs that had the edge distance issue from where I mis-drilled them. I also had some proseal, 50ft of … Continue reading
Time to finish up the leading edges….almost. You see, I realized I made a mistake and back drilled the W-408 ribs too close to the flange bend, and they’ll need replaced. It happens :-/ But, I did manage to get the right leading edge mounted on the wing. This is … Continue reading
It’s starting to look like a wing! Tonight, I decided to get the leading edge fit to the left wing to get an idea of what all was involved. When I left off last time, the leading edge was loosely put together in the cradle, so thats where I started. … Continue reading
I started out tonight assembly by doing some disassembly! I needed to remove the right wings bottom skin per the plans (both bottom skins come off, the left I did last night), and to free up some much needed 3/32″ clecos. I was running pretty low! This was quick work, … Continue reading
Tonight was pretty much the same as last night. I wanted to get the right wing skins match drilled so I can move on to something a little less repetitive. Just like the left wing, I match drilled the top skins moved the clecos and then reamed those holes. I … Continue reading
This build log doesn’t have a lot of photos, as its pretty simple. But, it did take me 3 hours to complete! Tonight was all about the left wing skins. I had already gotten the top skins clecoed into place in the last build session, so now the plans tells … Continue reading