Preparing Rib Clips The first thing I did today was start to get the rib clips prepared for installation per section 241 of the manual. It provides some restrictions about where the holes are supp...

Today was a short session working on the plane. I got a cold and an ear infection (fortunately not COVID) about a week and a half ago and was still not feeling 100% so I decided to take it easy. Th...

Craig came by once again today to help me finish installing the center aileron hanger. This part doesn’t seem tricky since there are just 4 more holes in the bracket to match drill and rivet; howev...

Another friend, Alex, came by today to help me with the rest of the outboard aileron false spar installation. This was a pretty straightforward repeat of the inner portion that just required some c...

Today Craig came by to help me with the outboard aileron false spar and remaining items from section 231. We started by drilling the last tricky hole in the aileron/flap hanger for the aileron fal...

Today was another day working on my own so I wasn’t able to work on the false spar. Instead, I decided to go back to section 131 to trim the nose ribs as instructed. I figured this was a good step ...

Another day, another false spar. This time at the aileron portion of the wing per section 231. This false spar comes in two sections so that the overlap can be adjusted to create a false spar of t...

Today was another day working on my own where I fully installed the flap false spar. Before I started in earnest I had to appropriately position the wing on the sawhorses. Last time I worked (when ...

Today was a quick day where I got started on section 221 of the manual, installing the flap false spar. The false spars are basically bent pieces of sheet metal that attach to the tail ribs I insta...

Today was another day working by myself on the tail ribs. I haven’t been able to work on the plane in a little over the month because I was back in Kentucky for most of that time for the holidays. ...