I was pretty uncomfortable with what I saw from the work behind the pitot mount last night… That there is a pretty mangled mount… So I decided to order a new one today which surprisingly is arriving tomorrow. This whole pitot system has been a nightmare but luckily I’ve got Read more
I got the first half of the left outboard bottom skin done tonight as well as the pitot tube mount. That was a pain in the rear and I left some marks on the mount when the bucking bar kept slipping off one of the rivets. Such a pain in Read more
The last of my wire order came in. I got the wires run and I soldered them to the Garmin GAP 26 controller. I put the outboard bottom skin on the wing and installed the flap on the wing. I got a series of the rivets setup and ready for Read more
I got the frame riveted together and all of the skins on. Now I just have to wait for the outboard skin to go on before I can put the brass bushings in and mount the flap to the wing.
I did a few things today which was nice to get caught back up on. I started off by priming the parts this morning. After getting back from the temple I started by getting the pitot ready for installation. It came together very easily and everything fit just great! I Read more
I started off the morning by countersinking the trailing edge wedges. I then got all of the parts primed this morning before going to the temple and when I got back they were cured and ready to go. I did some work on the wings first and I finished the Read more
The parts came in a few days early so I got them drilled and prepped today. I have one last step before I prime tomorrow which is getting the trailing edge wedge countersunk. Then I can prime this along with the wing parts I prepped today as well and I’ll Read more
This will be one of two posts today with basically the same info. I worked on both the bottom wing skins as well as the last flap. I got all of the skins deburred (the only section I needed to debur was the overlapping section between the two skins and Read more
I spent quite a bit of time today reading through books that I had bought that talked about how to plan for your electrical installation, how to design it properly etc. I wanted to try to get as much of a head start as I can on my class coming Read more
I took the skins off the left wing today and decided I was going to finalize the OAT and pitot installation as much as I could today. I drilled the hole where the original pitot tube was to be installed but unfortunately I did not drill it to the right Read more