It seems to be taking forever to get this wing finished (deep down I think I am secretly stalling moving the project into the hangar) even though it seems about done. Much of today was deburring but before that I…
Fuel Tank and Channel (2 hrs)
Being somewhat eager to reclaim our garage space there is a small pressure on to get the wing in a transportable state in the next couple of weekends. My brother in law has kindly offered us a Company vehicle in…
Airport Hangar Wait Has Ended
I officially took over hangar number 2 on October 1st but it wasn’t until last Saturday that I “occupied” it. The wings (and therefore everything else) can’t go until the nose skin is bent back over so we did a…
Nav Lights Mounting Bracket (1 hr)
(It doesn’t look like I uploaded any pictures of this yet, stand by) Another hot day so I tinkered about with the nav lights, drilling the holes for the mounting bracket through the wing tip. Pretty easy stuff, put the…
Nose Skins and Wing Tips (2 hr)
Still very hot but much more of a “dry heat” so I stole a few moments this weekend to progress the wings along. First, I had a go at tightening the tip end of the o/b nose skin as it…
Inboard Nose Skin (45m)
It’s still very much too hot to be building but the wing has been taunting me for weeks so I asked Teri to help fold over the nose skin today so that it would start to look like a wing.…