Not much to report today, spent 30 minutes in the garage drilling the first set of nose skin holes, to pilot hole size 40.
Month: May 2011
Day 47: Trim Tab Channel and Nose Skins (1hr 40m)
With the trim tab channel in place I had to mark and cut a hole in the front of the channel for the trim tab servo rod to go through. This rod will attach to the trim tab and enable…
Wings Ordered!
Day 46: Trim Tab Channel Placement (40m)
The Trim Tab Channel fits inside the skin and provides a place for the Trim Tab hinge to attach. I removed the tip rib and then pushed the channel into position and noted that the edge overlapped where the tip…
Day 45: Rear Channel, Trim Tab Channel Prep (1hr 40m)
A Rear Channel gets installed on the spar in the gap between the two skins. At each end of the channel an L-angle is attached so task one is to cut two pieces of L-angle to the right size and…