Today I ordered the wings kit and fuel tanks from Zenith. I’m told it will be 10-12 weeks before they arrive so I have plenty of time to prepare. I still need to measure up the garage to check that…
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…
Day 44: Hinge Pins and Tip Ribs (1hr 15m)
The Tip Ribs have a hinge pin installed on their outside face and a bent strip is installed between the rib and the spar for extra strength. The first task is to drill out and assemble the bent strips to…
Day 43: Elevator Day One (1hr 30m)
Constructing the elevator is the usual assemble, deburr, rivet procedure with the extra twists of building an electric trim on the elevator and installing a servo mechanism. Onward then….. First task of the day was to identify all the parts…
Day 42: Stabiliser Complete (45m)
All that remained at this point was to fold the top skin over and rivet into the pre-drilled holes. I used the ratchet straps again to bring the skin over so that it wouldn’t bend or crease and cleco’d the…