I got a bit of time tonight to work on the plane so I got the four W-1011 ribs rivetted to the flap hinge brackets and ribs together. I only had to redo one rivet as I wasn’t paying attention and the rib backed away from the bracket and left a bit of a gap. All in all it all went together pretty smoothly.
There are two questions that I now need to bring to Van’s on Monday when I get a chance. First off, as you’ll see from the image below, I drilled the wrong hole for the Read more…
I spent just a small amount of time making sure that the holes for the skins and the ribs were already final sized. I picked a few random holes and they all were exactly the Read more…
I decided to at least get a peak at how well the skins fit today by clecoing them on. It took a bit of time but I got it on successfully without any major issues.
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