Getting a few things wrapped up before riveting the bottom skin on. Got the fuel pump fittings installed and electrical complete, rigged the aieleron cable and finished dimpling the bottom of the center ribs…..which I somehow forgot to do up until this point.
I managed to get the bottom skin primed along with all of the inspection hole parts as well as the tank straps and associated ardware. ready for primer. The aluminum was etched and alodined, the steel was sandblasted. primed bottom skin primed.
Trying to get some odds and ends wrapped up so I can dimple the bottom skin and get it primed. I also have all of the inspection hole parts, filler neck backers, tank straps…etc to get primed while I have the paint gun out. Installed the nutplates on the center rib at the bellcrank. This … Continue reading
Spent all night drilling the inspection support rings for platenuts. I also drilled and dimpled the covers as well. It was a lot of holes and deburring! Trying to get everything ready to prime and get the left wing wrapped up!
I want to be able to comfortably use my plane at night, so I went looking for nice down lights to make boarding easier at night. I purchased some nice marine lights made by lumitec, Halo (SKU 112828). They are waterproof, light (2.2 oz. with the bracket I made) and can be white, red or … Continue reading
Managed to get the bottom skin laid out. Steve and I started by marking the rivet line down the bottom of the center ribs. Steve just eyeballed it, kinda like you see the guys that lay out pinstriping free hand. We then took 2 measurements to each rib centerline from the center rib located outboard … Continue reading
No plans this weekend and the weather was a bit gloomy, so it was a good day to spend working on the left wing. I managed to lay out the offset rivet row where the skins overlap. I made a small jig with a piece of .025 steel from the fuel tank strap material. I … Continue reading
the last couple of weeks i have been skinning the left wing. I’ve deviated a bit from the plans and Eric’s builders manual method, but so far things have been working. All of the holes were first laid out on the top of the center ribs and spars (These were back drilled). Centerlines were marked … Continue reading
trying to wrap up some odds and ends and get ready to skin the left wing. I’ve been putting off the back ribs becuase it requires unclamping the tip end from the jig. It went pretty smooth. I used the method I read in several other builder’s blogs on how to get the back ribs … Continue reading
measured the distance from the top of the center rib to the bellcrank where the aileron control cable connects. Measured the same thing at the root end to the middle of the fairlead on the flap torque support. The distance was then measured between the root and the bellcrank and we could figure the change … Continue reading