More excitement today, moving on to the main gear (even though I didn’t finish the nose gear yet) and I get to use a new tool. Enter stage left: a rotary grinder/rotary angle. But first I identified the front of…
Cabin Sides and Firewall Riveting (2h)
Today my goal was simply to rivet the firewall to the fuselage and complete the cabin sides. First step was to reassemble everything. A little forward thinking had me realise that it would be easier to do some of the…
Nose Gear and Cabin Side (3.5 h)
My wife’s uncle had offered some help so I booked him for the afternoon on the idea that I would have everything prepped on the nose gear for his arrival. Of course, everything takes longer than I think (even with…
Gear Strut Fittings (2 h)
Its not often I find myself wishing a small child was around but today was one of those times. The reason – clearances for accessing the backs of the bolts for the gear strut fittings are very small, especially for…
Forward Fuselage (4 h)
Yesterday my compressor got sick, every time the tank fills with air the safety valve opens so it was a short day as I couldn’t do any of the gear strut drilling that still remained. We took it to a…
Gear Strut Fitting, Seat Base Fiddling (7 hr)
A new area to work on – prepping the gear channel area for the landing gear. First up there are a pair of gear strut fittings that go inside the gear channel. You need to lay out some bolt locations…