Left wing: aileron and flap fully riveted
TLDR Fully riveted the left aileron and flap Details Steps While waiting for the fuel tank to cure, I installed the left aileron and flap. The process is exactly the same as the right side...
TLDR Fully riveted the left aileron and flap Details Steps While waiting for the fuel tank to cure, I installed the left aileron and flap. The process is exactly the same as the right side...
TLDR Installed and tested nav/strobe light on the left wing Details I first prepared the 4 wires coming out of the nav light, as well as the 4 wires from wing harness. They will be connected...
TLDR Installed the left wing tip Details While waiting for the sealant to dry on the left tank, I started to install the left wing tip. After going through the process on the right side, th...
TLDR Installed left tank back channel Details Front channel leak test One thing I did this time was that I put in some watch in the tank before riveting the back channel, to make sure the f...
TLDR Finished mkaing the new left landing light cover Details I finally finished making the replacement landing light cover for the left wing. It’s a lot of work, mainly trying to match the ...
TLDR Sealed left tank front channel and ribs to skin Cleaned sealant off tank skin Details This weekend I starting the sealing work on the left tank. I decided to do things a little diffe...
TLDR Installed the last few rows of rivet on the bottom side of the wing walk Match drilled the left tank Wing walk rivets I previously left a few rows of rivets on the bottom side of the ...
TLDR Worked on bottom side of left wing skin Talked to Steve from Midwest Panel Builders about my panel’s configuration Left wing skin bottom side Since I moved the left wing onto a table ...
TLDR Conducted fuel leak test multiple times (Right tank) Fixed leaks (Right tank) Details This is tracking a lot of small actions across a long month. I sealed the right fuel tank at the...
TLDR Created a new landing light doubler for the left wing Tried to make a new landing light cover, but failed. Will try again. Details As I wrote on the previous blog entry, the landing l...