Another build day, another deburring session. I took the assembled slat apart, deburred holes and edges and applied primer. Again, while waiting for the primer to dry I had another go at the tips. I got them pretty close this…
Month: January 2011
Day 18: Slats 2 and 3, Cut Out the Tips (2h)
Made good progress today. Started out in typical fashion with hole deburring and priming of the second slat: the pilot side inboard slat. While waiting for the primer to dry I had a go at cutting out the tips from…
Day 17: Attach Top Skin to Left Inboard Slat (50m)
With a bit more confidence we tackled folding over the skin onto the left inboard slat ribs. With this slat the two end ribs lined up almost exactly with the pre-drilled holes but the middle rib was quite tricky to…
Day 16: Install Ribs into Outboard Slats (2h)
If you’ve read the last few days you know what is coming up. Disassembled the components, deburred all the holes and applied primer to both slats. I then re-assembled everything and riveted. At one point we had quite the slat…