Today was a long but productive day of working on the skins. It started with Craig coming back over so we could finish the top row of rivets. He didn’t quite like the way the bottom of his landing ...
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Trimming the Leading Edge Skin
Today, I worked a bit by myself to get ready for Craig to come by again and help me finish the top row of leading edge skin rivets. When doing his wing, we discovered that the second most outboard ...
Starting the Top Leading Edge Skin Holes
Craig came by again today to continue helping me with the leading edge skins on the right wing. We had already marked all of the center rib locations and roughly placed the leading edge skins so af...
Starting Leading Edge Skins
Craig came by today and we started the leading edge skins on the right wing per section 49 of the manual1. We started by using the drilling template to mark and drill the middle holes in each of th...
Right Wing Nose Rib Alignment
It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to work on the plane for a number of factors. Included among those was the fact that we discovered that the leading edge clamps we had weren’t quite right...
Right Wing Tank Extension Skin and Light Wires
I’ve been working with Craig on his plane a bit recently and we started his leading edge skins. We’ve still got a fair bit of work to do in order to finish up his right wing, after which we’ll move...
Right Wing Center Aileron Hanger
Craig came by once again today to help my finish the center aileron hanger on my right wing. We were able to use a couple pairs of pliers wrenches to put a “double bend” in the bottom tab of each b...
Finishing the Aileron False Spar
With Craig’s help again, I finished the false spar today by drilling and riveting the remaining holes in the outboard aileron hanger, drilling the remaining holes for the last two ribs (10 and 11),...
Starting the Aileron False Spar
Craig came by again today to help me with the aileron false spar. With it clamped in place the last time we worked on it (flush with the edge of the aileron/flap hanger), we were able to start by u...
Riveting the Flap False Spar
Craig came by today and helped me drill the last two holes for now for the flap false spar - the two holes in the center aileron/flap hanger. We drilled these carefully as to not mess up the part a...