This is actually a log entry covering two days of workings sessions. Tammy and I started riveting on the bottom inboard right wing skin on the 15th, but we weren’t able to complete the build in that session. So we continued it on tonight. We have to wait until Acacia … Continue reading
My shipment of replacement parts to rebuilt the aileron pushrods came in today. Recall from an earlier post How a local welder really jacked up my aileron pushrods in an attempt the weld them, so I ordered the materials to rebuilt them. I actually ordered extra 48″ of tubing and … 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 BIG work session done with the help of my wife Tammy! We managed to get all the bottom skins, aileron brackets, pitot parts, flap braces, and aileron seals primed during this work session. I thought I captured two time lapse videos, but I must have bumped the camera on … Continue reading
Tammy helped me rivet the right wing top skins tonight! We had a sitter at Nana’s house, so we went down and got the last portion of two-person riveting done tonight. I captured the entire work session in timelapse, hers those videos: Closer view of the riveting process: We started … Continue reading
Big day today thanks to the help from my wife Tammy! We managed to get the top skin fully riveted on the left wing! This is a big step in the wing construction, as it means the wing can officially come out of the wing stands, and can go in … Continue reading
ALOT accomplished in this session. I managed to get the right leading edge fully riveted, AND even got it attached to the right wing skeleton with some help from Tammy. This wing is ready for the fuel tank to be attached, and then on to the top skins. I managed … 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
Time to seal up the right tank! My goal tonight was to get this right tank completed and curing so I can do a final leak test on it. I underestimated how much work the baffle would be to be honest. You can’t really stop mid-way once you start on … Continue reading