Today started with a quick opening of all the holes in the wing skin stiffeners to an A4 rivet size hole. After some lunch and shopping I got the inboard nose skin clecoed in place I then started the painful…
Category: Wings
Bottom Skin Work (2 hr 30m)
First job in the book is to attach the front upper strut fitting to the spar. It’s pretty meaty looking and takes 3 AN-4 bolts to keep it on. Note that one has to go upside down to avoid rubbing…
Right Wing Skeleton Complete (2 hr 30)
I took the skeleton apart in preparation for deburring, here is a pile of parts It took about an hour, ugh, I can’t imagine the pain of deburring the fuselage. After that I sprayed primer on all the surfaces that…
Right Wing Skeleton Part Two (3 hr)
This day was pretty much about assembling the rest of the skeleton ready for riveting. In this picture you can see that the rear channel angle has been drilled on top of the rear channel. The rear root doubler goes…
And So the Right Wing Begins (1 hr)
Since the last post we had to give the garage a big tidy up in order to find space to put the wing stand out of the way. That got done and I was able to get the right wing…