TLDR Installed longerons to bottom skin Installed rear fuselage ribs and longerons Partially installed the side step support brackets and channels Details Bottom skin & longerons Th...

TLDR Built rear fuselage ribs 2-5 Built longeron assembly 8 And misc inventory Details Ribs 2 - 5 I built the ribs using the jig from the smallest to the largest. It took surprisingly l...

TLDR Rough inspection on fuselage crate Built rear fuselage rib assembly 6,7,8,9 Prepared rib 5 using the RF jig Details Opening the box With most of the wing work behind me, I opened t...

TLDR Left tank passed leak test Installed the tank to the wing An issue with a single rivet Details Leak test After waiting for 1 week since I sealed back channel, I started pressure te...

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...