Still making progress little by little… today I set the location of the trailing edge by measuring the distance from the edge of the radius to the centre hole in the flaperon arm. The instructions have changed from Edition 2…
Category: Wings
Flaperon Arms and Top Skins (1hr 15m)
Teri helped me turn the wing assembly over so that I can start on the top. I started out (with Teri’s help) by clecoing the two top skins to the ribs through their pre-drilled holes. I then went to set…
Bottom Skins Riveted (4h 30m)
No sooner did I write that it is now way too hot to build planes, I spent a large part of July 4th in the garage in what felt like 100 degree humidity. It was only 94 or so though,…
Back To It (Summer Edition) (1hr 30m)
Summer is here, temps are now anywhere from 105 and up so it is a tad, perhaps even a mite, warm in the aviation workspace. Not much has happened for a while thanks to waiting for the new wing parts…
Trailing Edge (1 hr 15m)
Final thing to do on the bottom of the skin before I can rivet is to locate the trailing edge skins and drill the appropriate holes. First step towards that is to drill through the pre-drilled holes in the bottom…