Month: March 2012

Nose Skin and Root Skin Preparation (2 hrs)

With Teri’s help, I bent the nose skin back over onto the spar and used the ratchet strips to pull it tight over the nose ribs. With the nose skin clecoed into place I took the earlier smashed up wing…

Top Skin Finish (45m)

The temperatures have picked up, the mild winter seems to have given up already, and time is running out to get the wings done before it is too hot to continue. Which is all a way to say I need…

Fuel Tank Testing (30m)

I think I’ve been putting off testing the fuel tank for leaks but Teri leaned on me heavily to get over it and get ‘er done (as they say around these parts), the heat is coming and we really want…