Fuel System
Right Tank J Stiffener
While I was in Florida, the J stiffener arrived. I got it cut, deburred, marked, and drilled today. I think I’m going to stop here on the gas tanks until I can get the tank seal as I want to Read more
Wings
Counterbalance Drilling
I had some time before my flight this morning so I decided to be productive and get those holes drilled. I put the skin back on and drilled all of the holes. Next is to take the skin and ribs Read more
Wings
Forgotten Dimpling and Counterbalance Drilling
I am about to be out for a week and I wanted to get somethings prepped before I forgot them. I forgot to do some dimpling on the ribs so I did that and I got the counter balances drilled Read more
Wings
Aileron Leading Edge Assembled
I got the aileron leading edges put together and drilled the counterbalance in its place. This included finalizing all of the deburring on the spar, straightening all of the flanges on the ribs that I hadn’t finished, drilling where needed, Read more
Wings
More Aileron Component Deburring & Pitot Tube Fitting
I got all of the stiffeners marked and final size cut today. Yesterday I had only separated them into the individual stiffeners with the rough cut. I deburred all of the parts today as well. That was the majority of Read more
Wings
Ailerons Started
I spent most of my time yesterday and today either working or doing graduation activities for my oldest. I watched the Van’s fuel tank video again. And that thing is not short. It is 2 hours and 40 minutes long. Read more
Fuel System
Wing Shims Cut/Deburred and Pitot Tube Planning
I probably won’t get much time to work on the plane for the next week and a half because of work travel and other items. But we’ll see. I did finally find the wing shims. I didn’t dig deep enough Read more
Fuel System
Tanks Prepared for Disassembly
I got the left tank 100% complete for disassembly and dimpling. I got the right tank to the same spot also but since I am missing the J channel I’ll have to leave it where it is at until I Read more
Fuel System
Tanks Mostly Assembled and One J-Channel Drilled
I got all of the parts deburred today and I assembled the tanks. I realized last week that I only had one J-channel where I needed two for this next step. I ordered the replacement but I’m not sure how Read more
Fuel System
More Tank Part Deburring
Just more edge and hole deburring. This was a good way to destress from the past few days. The ribs in this photo still need the edge rivet holes deburred and then I need to deburr the parts on the Read more