I took Friday off to work with Allen on more wrapping of the fuselage but the day before he was taken to the ER for some tests and surgery so he wasn’t going to be available. Hopefully he will recover…
Category: Finishing
Pilot Wing Root Skin
Another day and time to do the pilot side. This one went more quickly thanks to the experience of the day before.An l-angle was cut and installed on the rib and a new skin cut and drilled I totally forgot…
Passenger Wing Root Skin
Today we set out to make and install a new wing root skin for the pilot side. The idea was to add an l-angle to the existing rib to build up a new platform for the skin to sit on,…
Roof Vinyl Wrapping
During the week a couple of large boxes arrived containing the metal to replace the wing root skin that doesn’t fit, and to make some l-angles to extend the rib upwards. The boxes are big, no idea how I ordered…
Fuel Gauge, Passenger Seat
Started out today transferring the 12 gallons of petrol in the pilot tank into the passenger tank one gallon at a time, and making a note of the value being shown by the panel after each turn. This took over…