Rib 9 fix, and starting right top skin
TLDR Fixed rib 9 rivet clearance Cleaned a bunch of parts for right top skin Started dimpling Details Rib 9 I got an answer back from Sling on the rivet clearance issue on rivet 9. The...
TLDR Fixed rib 9 rivet clearance Cleaned a bunch of parts for right top skin Started dimpling Details Rib 9 I got an answer back from Sling on the rivet clearance issue on rivet 9. The...
TLDR Laid out wiring harness in the right wing Built connectors Tested continuity Details Call me slow but a 30 minutes job turned into 4 hours across 2 days. I thought feeding wires th...
TLDR Cleaned right wing top root skin Cleaned all left ribs that requires assembly Details My fingers are still raw from riveting the bottom skin, so I did not do anything heavy weight tod...
TLDR Riveted the right bottom skin (except 1 rivet) Prepped wing hardness Rigth bottom skin Continuing the work I started earlier this week, I spent many hours to insert rivets and pulled ...
TLDR Prepped the right bottom skin Test fit it onto the spar Reversed a few rivet direction on the rear channel Back ordered parts arrived Earlier this week I requested a few parts as th...
TLDR Installed all right ribs Built inspection hatches Started assembly 3 (bottom skin) Misc: inventory Right ribs I spent a few hours to fully install all ribs to the right wing spar....
TLDR Ribs 1-8 riveted to spar Installed flap torque tube Spar onto jig I forgot if I have mentioned this before, but I got the right sized bolt from Amazon and installed the main spar onto...
TLDR Continued to clean up left ribs Cleaning details I continued my journey of peeling plastics and cleaning up parts. I went through maybe a dozen of ribs from the left wing (all center ri...
Last couple of days I tried to spend a few hours each day after kids are sleep on the build, and I feel like I’ve made pretty good progress. TLDR Rib 8, 10, 11, 14 Deburred, cleaned, primed ...
Task completed Built the wing jigs for both left and right Built right wing rear spar Built right rib-1, rib-6 Started rib-7 Details Inventory and priming decision After close to 3 mo...