Not really a whole lot to report on this session, I did manage to get the left wing bell crank installed and few wires ran though. I’ve decided to not built a mounting bracket for the pitot / AOA tubes just yet. I think I may have an elegant solution, … Continue reading
It’s time to get the left aileron mounted! I’ll save all the details on this post, as those are all covered in the right wing mounting. I’ll do a brief synopsis, and let the time lapse speak for itself. I started by cutting both of the spacers for the inboard … 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
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
Another quick build session, but closing out some good work on the wings. I was able to rivet both of the flap braces onto the wings. Here are the timelapse videos: And a closeup of the left wing: Not much to report, I grabbed the flap braces and verified I … Continue reading
I was able to get both the left and right wing aileron gap fairings riveted on the wings. I captured the process in timelapse, heres those videos: And a better close-up view: I started out by dimpling the W-724 aileron gap fairings to accept the AN426AD3-3 rivets for the skin … Continue reading
Starting to get the last remaining parts from my shelf, and onto the airplane! After I let the parts I primered, cure, they are ready to go onto the wings. I needed to get the aileron brackets riveted on, and I figured it would be easier to do with the … Continue reading