I did a little work on the W-721 flap braces and W-724 aileron seals tonight. I had match drilled them to the spars and skins in a previous session, so this session I focused on deburring the holes, edges and getting them ready for priming. Here are the time lapse … Continue reading
Another quick build session. I managed to get the entire right wing skeleton machine countersunk. Pretty simple work, I did have to match drill a few holes I missed somehow, but no biggie. I also sprayed some rattle can primer on the newly countersunk holes. Hours worked: 1.5
I forgone priming tonight, I’ll do that this weekend. But, I did get some good progress on the left wing skeleton. I completed all of the machine countersinking on the main spar, so its ready for skins! Here’s the timelapse: I chucked up my microstop countersink cage in my Sioux … Continue reading
FINALLY! I was able to get BOTH wings secured, leveled and ready for work in their stands tonight. It felt like it took ages to get them to this point, but their finally there. I ran by Harbor Freight and picked up some 2″ and 1″ C-clamps that I’d need … Continue reading
Decent progress tonight! My goal was to get the right wing in its stand so I can start clearing out some space in the shop to work. I still needed to get the rear spar riveted onto the wing skeleton, so thats where I started. I clecoed the spar onto … Continue reading
It’s time to rivet up the skeleton so that I can mount the wings into their stands to finish up the work. I was going to do the riveting in the stand, but it appears it would be easier to do if I laid the wing on the table and … 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
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