Our drill and drill bits arrived and Dad’s idea was a hit! It was slow going to open the holes to the right size but a few back and forth with the hand drill eventually got the holes opened and,…
Month: December 2011
Flaperon arms and top skins (2hr 30m)
With the bottom skin riveted on, we turned the whole assembly over so we could work inside and on top. The video has you drill out the flaperon arms before the ribs are riveted to the spar but I decided…
Bottom skin completed (5hr 30m)
Happy Christmas!!! My Christmas present to myself was the installation of the bottom skin, it is starting to look like a wing! To get to that point we had to finish opening all the remaining holes to their final A4…
Nose skins and traling edge (3hr 30m)
Started out today by drilling through the pilot holes in the top skin into the spar. This allowed us to cleco the nose skins in place on the spar. and then drill all the holes in the ribs and nose…
Bottom Skin Preparation (3hr)
Another day, and a fresh pair of eyes on the aligning skin problem. To cut a long story short, I found that the rear rib at station 2 was twisted against the rear channel making the hole spacing at that…