Capstrips I started today by finishing the top capstrips on ribs #1 and #3 per section 321. I drilled the center holes for the nutplates with a #20 bit and drillstop then reamed them to #10 using ...

Today I started by installing the cap strip on rib #5 per section 311 of the manual. This was straightforward and was done as per the previous wing although I was once again sure to clamp a square ...

Today I finished installing the nose and tail ribs per section 271 and 302 of the manual. I acquired some more rivets for joining the tail ribs to the center ribs from Craig so I started by squeezi...

Today I worked on installing the nose and tail ribs on the right wing. I finished trimming all of the ribs and used SS/SS42D rivets to install the nose and tail ribs that pair with a center rib to ...

Machined Rib Clips Today I finished installing the machined rib clips per section 291 of the manual. I started by drilling the hole for the side rivet in the top clip of the #12 rib. I marked the ...

Today I started installing the machined rib clips per section 291 of the manual. I did this in the same way that I did on the right wing except for the fact that the false spars were not yet instal...

Craig came by again today to help me finish the rear spar reinforcement on the right wing. We started by pulling all of the rivets in the reinforcement including the countersunk rivet in hole #24. ...

Today was a quick day deburring the holes drilled for the rear spar reinforcement so that they would be ready for the rivets to be installed. Almost all of these holes were good and not in need of ...

Front Pulley Bracket Craig came back over today and we started by drilling out the rivet that failed to pull on the front pulley bracket. We cut a slot in the stem using the same jig we used for t...

Today Craig came by to try to help me install the pulley bracket on the top of the front spar per section 25 of the manual1. We were careful to try to line the bracket up very precisely before we s...