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
Between breaks at work, lunch, and then tonight I was able to get the rest of the bottom skins riveted on! I only have a few marks on my arm from trying to squeeze into really tight spaces but it all worked out pretty good! Now I need to work Read more
I got two quadrants of the larger outboard skin riveted on today. I also got all of the rivets loaded for the section they want me to finish first before moving down towards the main spar and then moving from inboard to outboard on the last three bays of the Read more