{"id":318,"date":"2011-07-24T15:44:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T23:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stol750project.info\/?p=318"},"modified":"2011-07-24T15:44:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T23:44:22","slug":"day-56-re-assembly-prep-3-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Day 56: Re-assembly Prep (3 hr)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hot (have I mentioned that yet) and so its a case of just doing a little when I feel like it and so today was some time to get things ready for rivet time. It started with finishing the deburring and then adding corrosion protector to a few surfaces. I&#8217;ve decided to take a &#8220;protect as I go&#8221; approach this time around.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6006\/5972236722_b146681607_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nNext up was soldering the 5-wire cable that runs the length of the spar to the trim tab servo. I was confused by this for quite some time because the colour of the wires on each cable did not match and for a while I considered posting a question on the builders forums. But luckily, before I did I had the genius idea of looking at the plans (note to self: do this more often) and look what I found.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6029\/5971682693_77c5163056_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nIt has been a long time since I did any soldering (did you know Americans pronounce that word very differently than us Brits?) but I think I did an ok job and then I heat shrink-wrapped each join<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6136\/5971686303_affd827778_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nand then I wrapped all five into one. The plastic wrapping comes quite large and then you use a hair dryer to make it contract tightly onto the wires.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6135\/5972247408_293163f7b7_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nOnce the primer was dry I reassembled the spar, ribs and rear channel and riveted them together with the hand riveter.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6134\/5972254776_7e4cb3aa94_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nand closer<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6006\/5971700697_17dfb24ac3_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nFinally, I attached the tip ribs and pins.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6134\/5971706573_3733877354_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nand from the inside<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6009\/5972266992_55ea5ddbfc_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nQuite a productive day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hot (have I mentioned that yet) and so its a case of just doing a little when I feel like it and so today was some time to get things ready for rivet time. 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