Installing pitot tube
TLDR Finished wire harness layout in the left wing Installed and tested pitot tube Wire harness I went through each zip tie hole on the center stringer and tied down the harness. Zip tie...
TLDR Finished wire harness layout in the left wing Installed and tested pitot tube Wire harness I went through each zip tie hole on the center stringer and tied down the harness. Zip tie...
TLDR Riveted left bottom skin Details The riveting process was tedious pretty standard. Most rivets aligned perfectly. Towards the outboard section a few holes needed to be match drilled. O...
TLDR Right botoom skin clecoed, and test fitted most rivets Drilled almost all of the rivets from left Bottom skin I spent some time to cleco and test fit the bottom skin on the left wing....
TLDR Assembled left spar Dimpled left bottom skin Details Ribs I spent a few days to put together the left spar assembly. The process is definitely faster given I have gained some experie...
It was dreadful when it happened. I spent full day today to calmed down enough to document what happened with the right leading edge top skin. Damage I previously moved the right wing to the floo...
TLDR Right aileron minus alignment Right flap minus alignment (Incomplete) Right trailing edge rivets (Incomplete) Right landing light lens Riveted all left ribs Left rear spar Deta...
TLDR Prepped right aileron parts Modified dimple die to fit DRDT Dimple die I needed to grind a little chunk off of the 4.0mm female dimple die. This is to provide clearance to dimple the ...
TLDR Installed right leading edge Details The new rivet gun has arrived. I tried it on a few spare rivets and it worked. So I proceeded to rivet the right leading edge skin. Here we go! T...
TLDR Dimpled and clecoed all left ribs Debugged rivet gun Left ribs My friend Daniel came over today to help. Our plan: finish left rib 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11. I gave Daniel a 5 minute crash...
TLDR Completed right top skin prep Completed right (outboard) leading edge prep Clecoed right leading edge to the wing Started riveting Top skin Prep Top skin prep = clean, dimple, de...