{"id":170,"date":"2011-01-08T17:52:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T01:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stol750project.info\/?p=170"},"modified":"2011-01-08T17:52:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T01:52:16","slug":"day-18-slats-2-and-3-cut-out-the-tips-2h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Day 18: Slats 2 and 3, Cut Out the Tips (2h)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Made good progress today. Started out in typical fashion with hole deburring and priming of the second slat: the pilot side inboard slat. While waiting for the primer to dry I had a go at cutting out the tips from the fibreglass mould. I had contacted Zenith to ask the best method and they had recommended the snips. So I set to it and got them liberated from the mould but not yet cut to size.<\/p>\n

After the primer was dry, the slat was riveted together.
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Next up was the first outboard slat. These are a little bigger than the inboard ones and the ribs are more centrally located so I was worried these would be harder to match the ribs with the pre-drilled holes. It turned out that to be the easiest one so far – either we were getting good at this or this was a much better matched skin.<\/p>\n

Here’s a picture with the original smaller clecos holding everything in place but the intermediate holes were drilled to size 30 and the larger clecos installed. I thought it made a cool rainbow:
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With all the holes drilled to size 30 it was time for a break before deburring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Made good progress today. Started out in typical fashion with hole deburring and priming of the second slat: the pilot side inboard slat. While waiting for the primer to dry I had a go at cutting out the tips from…<\/p>\n

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