I took a couple of days off and Allen, Scott and I were able to get the pilot wing wrapped. Still no grommets from Zenith (thanks to a credit card hack) so we tried to install the grommet I had…
Category: Wings
Vinyl Wrapping – Wings Edition (w/pics)
Next up was to wrap the first wing. we took the passenger wing off and put it on the horses. First the brackets got wrapped, red on the strut parts, white on the slat parts. I made an executive decision…
Wing Struts
On Saturday, Allen and Scott returned to help with the wing struts. First we put the wings back on the fuselage supported by the fuse bolts and the wing stands. I totally would not have thought of this, and I’m…
Hand Brake and Wing Work
During the week, I had a comment on the blog about whether the steel bungee strap rod has enough clearance in a hard landing not to hit the engine mount. I hadn’t even thought about this as a possibility so…
Wing Removal (1 hr 30m)
When the wings are done they have to come off because they are in the way of installing the doors. Also they have to come off so that fuel line and sender line holes can be drilled in the fuselage…