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...
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Trimming Nose Ribs
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 ...
Inboard Aileron False Spar
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...
Flap False Spar
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 ...
Placing Flap False Spar
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...
Tail Ribs
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. ...
Preparing Tail Ribs
Today I worked by myself preparing the tail ribs for installation (the start of section 211). These are the ribs that attach to the rear spar and the false spar/trailing edge and make up the rear o...
Rear Aileron Pulley Bracket
Countersinking We started the build today by using Craig’s countersink cutter to countersink hole #24 on the rear spar reinforcement. We did this by first testing and adjusting the cutter depth us...
Riveting the Rear Spar Reinforcement Cap
The day after I worked on the plane last Craig was able to disassemble the CherryMax puller a bit more and remove the air piston. He spread the existing grease around a bit over the o-rings and re-...
Rudder Pedals and Fuel Selector
The plan for today was initially to finish the rear spar reinforcement cap by installing all of the rivets. Unfortunately, when Craig got here and we tried to get started, we discovered that the Ch...