Long title but I try to put what I did in the title. I got all of the tank ribs deburred today. It only took another hour to finish that. I then separated all of the zee brackets and tank skin stiffeners and started deburring some of them.
Here are all of the wings parts gathered for the next section of assembly. I had on and off again time to work on the ribs. That’s why I think this took me longer than usual as I kept getting interrupted. Either way I got 10 of the ribs done Read more
The boys were both busy today so I decided to see if my wife could help. She did an excellent job and bucked the rivets like a champ! I’ve got all of the gas tank parts down from the attic so I can start on that tomorrow.
I got the wing moved over and I modified the wing stand so that it has the carpet sling to hold the leading edge. I then got the leading edge almost completely riveted but I didn’t have anyone to buck the other portion. Hopefully I’ll get one of the boys Read more
I didn’t get a lot of time tonight but I did get Andrew and finish setting the remaining rivets on the left leading edge. I plan to get a good portion of the right wing done tomorrow.
I got most of the work done. Brendon seemed a bit out of it so I didn’t want to push him too much tonight to help me. Just have the top row of rivets to set and this leading edge will be fully installed.
The leading edge assemblies are now done. Now I just need to attach them to the wing assemblies.
More riveting. Not much to call out except I’ve been working my way forward per the instructions in the manual.
I got all of the dimpling and priming done today. I also got the first two rivets on each rib set as well. I staged some so I could move quicker tomorrow but we’ll see how much time I get tomorrow as I have quite a few church meetings on Read more
I got all of the deburring done today. I also got all of the ribs, J channels, and the outside portions of the skins dimpled. I setup the C frame to start dimpling the interior holes on the skins since it has the longer reach. Once I’m done with the Read more