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Bottom Skins Finished!
The new pitot mount and the rivets came in today a little after noon. I got the new pitot mount drilled and prepped and I riveted just the pitot mount in. It went excellent! I then got the support bracket Read more
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Pitot Mount Redo and Aileron Actuation First Steps
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 Read more
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First Section Left Bottom Skin Complete
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 Read more
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Wire Runs Complete, Left Flap Installed, and Bottom Skin Riveting Started
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 Read more
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Left Flap Completed
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.
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Left Inboard Bottom Wing Skin Complete
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 Read more
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Left Flap Primed and Assembly Started
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 Read more
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Left Flap Almost Ready for Priming
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 Read more
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Dimpling All Parts – Left Bottom Wing Skin
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 Read more
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Electrical Research, Pitot Mishaps & Dimpling
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 Read more