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
After resetting the time lapse camera to get a better angle. Here’s that video: I went ahead and moved on to the next step in the plans. Vans has us remove the skins, and dimple the skeleton for the wing. So I did that, and used my squeezer to dimple … Continue reading
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
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
Another quick update. The left tank has been curing for about 4 days or so, and its time to do a leak test! I set it up like the right tank, by using a ballon as a presssure rupture vessel and also a pressure containment vessel. I aired the tank … Continue reading
I managed to get the left tank closed up tonight! I started out by cleaning the tanks inside really good with MEK and paper towels and made sure all the parts were in the right order and oriented. Then I cleaned the baffle really good with MEK, as the tank … Continue reading
Another quick build session. I first wanted to do a initial water leak test, but that proved to be a bad idea. Well, using the cork gasket as a temporary seal instead of sealant on the access plate proved to be a bad idea. I filled the tank up with … Continue reading
Just a quick prep work session tonight. I had a few things to get done before I do the water leak test. The time lapse didn’t catch much due to the angle, but here it is anyways. I started off by pulling the masking tape off the fittings, and then … Continue reading
LOTS of work done in this session! I had to capture it in two time lapse videos, Here is the first video: The second covers the last bits, found below. I started the session by dry fitting the outer rib and then trimming the last little bits of excess on … Continue reading
Good progress tonight! I wrapped up a few miscellaneous things that needed to be done before riveting the inboard outer rib. Here is the time lapse: The first thing I did was to test fit all the accessories and fittings on the inner rib to make sure I had everything … Continue reading