I started today working on my own a for a bit in order to get the left wing ready for the fuel tank installation. I had already retrieved the tank from the shed, unwrapped it, and installed the tub...

Today I drilled the extra fabric rivet holes in the left wing per section 631 of the manual. Some of this I had already done (such as through the capstrip on rib #5 and the machined tail rib clips)...

I had a full weekend day to work so I was able to accomplish a lot today - although it was a bit scattered. To start, I finished the rear 2 fuel tank nutplates to officially finish section 571 of t...

Today I worked on the nutplates in the fuel tank bay some more. I was able to get both nutplates done on the leading edge side and marked out the position of the rear outboard one. After playing ar...

This is once again a relatively short building session and small update since I worked on the plane at night after a long work day. The most exciting thing I think I accomplished was finishing the ...

Relatively small update today. I just went back along the leading edge of the wing and installed rivets in all of the holes Craig and I drilled yesterday. This went pretty smoothly except for the f...

Craig came by today and helped me drill the remaining rivet holes for the leading edge skins - those into the rear side of the spar cap. This was done per section 501 and works well as a two person...

Today I worked on finishing the landing light housing install per section 511 of the manual. I started by removing the clamps and ensuring that the bottom edge of the housing was well bonded to the...

Today I finished the installation of the leading edge skins in the left wing per section 491 of the manual. This just involved installing the bottom row of rivets although this was a bit of a chall...

Today I installed the window latch doubler in the left wing per section 49 of the manual1. This had to be done before the bottom row of rivets can be installed for the first leading edge skin and r...